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

*wurt-

1. oblique stem of *wrōts

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wurti
  • Old English: wyrt (“plant, herb”)
    • 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 English: wyrt (“brewer's wort”) (merged with descendant of *wurtiju)
    • Middle English: wort, worte
      • English: wort
      • Scots: wirt
  • 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: urt, 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)