Where does “werdan” come from?

werdan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic werþan, from Proto-Germanic werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

werdan (Old High German): to be; to become; to happen

Definitions

  1. to be; to become; to happen

Ancestry of “werdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwerþanto become
2Proto-Germanicwerþanąto become; to come to be, to come into existence;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “werdan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werþaną →