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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om (“word”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*wurdą n[1]
- word
- speech, saying
Inflection
Declension of *wurdą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*wurdą
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*wurdō
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| vocative
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*wurdą
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*wurdō
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| accusative
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*wurdą
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*wurdō
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| genitive
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*wurdas, *wurdis
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*wurdǫ̂
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| dative
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*wurdai
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*wurdamaz
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| instrumental
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*wurdō
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*wurdamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *word
- Old English: word
- Old Frisian: word, werd, wird
- North Frisian:
- Saterland Frisian: Woud, Wud (Strukelje)
- West Frisian: wurd
- Old Saxon: word
- Old Dutch: wort
- Old High German: wort
- Middle High German: wort
- Alemannic German:
- Alsatian: Wort
- Italian Walser: wort, wourd, wuart, wòrt, wört
- Swabian: Wort
- Bavarian: Wort, Wurt
- Cimbrian: bóart, bort (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)
- Mòcheno: bourt
- Udinese: boart, bort, bört
- Central Franconian: Woot, Wort (Moselle Franconian; some dialects of Ripuarian)
- Hunsrik: Wort
- German: Wort
- Luxembourgish: Wuert
- Vilamovian: wiüt
- Yiddish: וואָרט (vort)
- Old Norse: orð
- Icelandic: orð
- Faroese: orð
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ord
- Norwegian Bokmål: ord
- Elfdalian: uord
- Old Swedish: orþ, ordh
- Old Danish: orth
- Old Gutnish: orþ
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wurda-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 600