Where does “werd” come from?

werd (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic werduz, from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-.

Ancestry of “werd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
2Proto-Germanic(H)uer-

Words derived from “werd

Every word from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-Every word from Proto-Germanic werduz
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