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Where does “verstr” come from?

verstr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz — superlative degree of *ubilaz.

Ancestry of “verstr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwirsistazsuperlative degree of *ubilaz

Words derived from “verstr”

  • värst
  • verst
  • verstur
Every word from Proto-Germanic wirsistaz →