Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/warjamōdā

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

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from *warjan (“to defend against”) +‎ *mōd (“mind, sense”) for its alleged mental curative properties, or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wer- (“to ache, fester”) due to its bitterness, compare Proto-Celtic *swerwos (“bitter”).

Noun

*warjamōdā f

1. wormwood

   Synonym: *alahsinā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*warjamōdā
Genitive	*warjamōdōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*warjamōdā	*warjamōdōn
Accusative	*warjamōdōn	*warjamōdōn
Genitive	*warjamōdōn	*warjamōdōnō
Dative	*warjamōdōn	*warjamōdōm, *warjamōdum
Instrumental	*warjamōdōn	*warjamōdōm, *warjamōdum

Alternative reconstructions

• *wermōd m

Descendants

• Old English: wermōd, wyrmōd, weremōd, wærmōd, wearmōd m
  • Middle English: wermode, wermot, warmot, weremod, wormode, wormote, wormet, wrmod, wurmode, woormood, wermod, wormod, wyrmwode, wormwode, wormewode, wermwod, wormwod, wurmewod
    • English: wormwood (< wormwode)
    • Scots: wormit (< wormet)
    • → Irish: mormónta
• Old Saxon: wermōda f
  • Middle Low German: wermode, wermede
    • German Low German:

      Low Prussian: Wermutbier

      East Frisian Low Saxon: Würmt

      Westphalian:

      Dortmunder: Weämaọ̆t, Weärmaọ̆t

      Lippisch: Wärmken

      Sauerländisch: Wiärmai, Wiermai (Balve), Wiärmaut (Brilon), Wȫrmane (Niedersfeld), Wērmaut (Elspe), Wiärmoi (Kirchhundem), Wirmoi (Selbecke)

      Westmünsterländisch: Weermoot

• Old Dutch: *wermuoda
  • Middle Dutch: wermoed, wermoet, warmôde
    • Dutch: weermoed
• Old High German: werimuota, wermuota, wormuota
  • Middle High German: wërmuote, wërmuote f or n
    • German: Wermut m or f
    • → French: vermout
      • → English: vermouth
      • → Dutch: vermout