Where does “wird” come from?

wird (Scots) comes from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

wird (Scots): word; utterance, remark; the sound of one's...

Definitions

  1. word; utterance, remark; the sound of one's...

Ancestry of “wird”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwordword; speech, utterance, statement; verb
2Proto-West Germanicwordword
3Proto-Germanicwurdąword
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →