Where does “flokwurd” come from?

flokwurd (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian wurd, from Old Frisian word, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

flokwurd (West Frisian): curse word, bad word (vulgar words)

Definitions

  1. curse word, bad word (vulgar words)

Ancestry of “flokwurd”, step by step

flokwurd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Frisian wurd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianwurdword
2Old Frisianword
3Proto-West Germanicwordword
4Proto-Germanicwurdąword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via West Frisian flok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianflokcurse (some invocation of divine power)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą