Where does “wurt” come from?

wurt (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wurti, from Proto-Germanic wurt-, from Proto-Germanic wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

wurt (Old Saxon): A plant or herb

Definitions

  1. A plant or herb

Ancestry of “wurt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwurtiroot
2Proto-Germanicwurt-oblique stem of *wrōts
3Proto-Germanicwrōtsroot
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrōts →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurt- →