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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wurdą.
Noun
*word n
- word
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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Nominative
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*word
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Genitive
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*wordas
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*word
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*wordu
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Accusative
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*word
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*wordu
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Genitive
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*wordas
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*wordō
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Dative
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*wordē
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*wordum
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Instrumental
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*wordu
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*wordum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- 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)