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Where does “wurdboek” come from?

wurdboek (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.

wurdboek (West Frisian): dictionary

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Ancestry of “wurdboek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianwurdword
2Old Frisianword—
3Proto-West Germanicwordword
4Proto-Germanicwurdąword
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →