Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurt-

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.

Proto-Germanic

Noun

1. oblique stem of *wrōts

Derived terms

• *wurtijō

Descendants

• Old English: wyrt, wert — Kentish; wirt — Late Old English
  • Middle English: wurt, worte, wort
    • English: wort
    • Middle Scots: *wort (attested in plural wortis)
      • Scots: wirt
    • ⇒ Middle English: wurten, worten (“resembling or pertaining to spice, herbal”, adj)
• Old Saxon: wurt
  • Middle Low German: wort, wurt
• Old Dutch: wurt
  • Middle Dutch: worte
• Old High German: wurz
  • Middle High German: wurz
    • Cimbrian: burtz, buurtza (Sette Comuni)
    • German: Wurz
    • Vilamovian: wiyc
  • ⇒ Old High German: giwurz f
    • Middle High German: *gewürze (attested 15th c.)
      • German: Gewürz n
        • → German Low German: Gewürz
      • Luxembourgish: Gewierz
• Old Norse: urt (or from *urtiz)
  • Icelandic: jurt
  • Faroese: urt
  • Norn: virt (perhaps influenced by Old or Middle English)
  • Norwegian: urt
  • Old Swedish: yrt
    • Swedish: ört
    • → Finnish: yrtti
  • Danish: urt
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts)