Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurþiz

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

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *h₂wŕ̥tis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to raise”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “raising”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwur.θiz/

Noun

*wurþiz f

1. raising, elevation
2. mound

Inflection

Declension of *wurþiz (i-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*wurþiz	*wurþīz
vocative	*wurþi	*wurþīz
accusative	*wurþį	*wurþinz
genitive	*wurþīz	*wurþijǫ̂
dative	*wurþī	*wurþimaz
instrumental	*wurþī	*wurþimiz

Descendants

• Old English: worþ
• Old Frisian: wurth
• Old Dutch: *wurth, *wuorth (?)
  • Middle Dutch: woert (or from Frisian?)
    • Dutch: woerd
• Old Saxon: wurth, wurð
  • Middle Low German: wurt, wort
    • → German: Wurt, Wurte
• Old Norse: urð
  • Icelandic: urð
  • Faroese: urð
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ur, urd
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ur
  • Swedish: ur, urd
  • Danish: ur

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wurþiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 601