Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurti
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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. |
Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wrōts.
Noun[edit]
*wurti m[1]
Inflection[edit]
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wurti | |
| Genitive | *wurtī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wurti | *wurtī |
| Accusative | *wurti | *wurtī |
| Genitive | *wurtī | *wurtijō |
| Dative | *wurtī | *wurtim, *wurtijum |
| Instrumental | *wurtī | *wurtim, *wurtijum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: wyrt (“plant, herb”)
- Old English: wyrt (“brewer's wort”) (merged with descendant of *wurtiju)
- Old Saxon: wurt
- Old Dutch: wurt
- Middle Dutch: worte
- Old High German: wurz
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *wurti”