Where does “ort” come from?

ort (Romanian) comes from German ort, from Middle High German ort, from Old High German ort, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic uzdaz, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

ort (Romanian): a quarter thaler coin

Definitions

  1. a quarter thaler coin

Ancestry of “ort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanortplace, location, point, position
2Middle High Germanortpoint , corner, end point, boundary, border,...
3Old High Germanortsharp point
4Proto-West Germanic*oʀdsharp point, spear-point, spear
5Proto-Germanicuzdazsharp point; place
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uzdaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd →