Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurtiju

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-Germanic

Etymology

From *wurt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwur.ti.jɔː/

Noun

*wurtiju f

1. herb
2. spice

Inflection

neuter u-stemDeclension of *wurtiju (neuter u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wurtiju	*wurtijū
vocative	*wurtiju	*wurtijū
accusative	*wurtiju	*wurtijū
genitive	*wurtijauz	*wurtijiwǫ̂
dative	*wurtijiwi	*wurtijumaz
instrumental	*wurtijū	*wurtijumiz

Synonyms

• *wirtiz

Derived terms

• *wurtijaną

Descendants

• Old English: wyrte, wyrt
  • Middle English: wurt
    • English: wort
    • Scots: wirt
• Old Saxon: wurtia
  • Middle Low German: wurte
• Old Dutch: *wurta
  • Middle Dutch: worte, wort
    • Dutch: wort
• Old High German: wurz f; giwurz f
  • Middle High German: wurz, würz, würze f; gewürze n
    • German: Würze f; Gewürz n
      • → German Low German: Gewürz
    • Luxembourgish: Gewierz