Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/word

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

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą.

Noun

*word n

1. word

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*word
Genitive	*wordas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*word	*wordu
Accusative	*word	*wordu
Genitive	*wordas	*wordō
Dative	*wordē	*wordum
Instrumental	*wordu	*wordum

Derived terms

• *wordōn

Related terms

• *andawurdī

Descendants

• Old English: word
  • Middle English: word, wurd, weord
    • Scots: wird, wourd
    • English: word
• Old Frisian: word, werd, wird
  • North Frisian:
    • Föhr: wurd
    • Helgoland: Wür
    • Mooring: uurd
  • Saterland Frisian: Woud, Wud (Strukelje)
  • West Frisian: wurd
• Old Saxon: word
  • Middle Low German: wort
    • German Low German: Woord
• Old Dutch: wort
  • Middle Dutch: wort
    • Dutch: woord
      • Afrikaans: woord
  • Limburgish: waord
• Old High German: wort
  • Middle High German: wort
    • Alemannic German:

      Alsatian: Wort

      Italian Walser: wort, wourd, wuart, wòrt, wört

      Swabian: Wort

    • Bavarian: Wort, Wurt

      Cimbrian: bóart, bort (Luserna, Tredici Comuni)

      Mòcheno: bourt

      Udinese: boart, bort, bört

    • Central Franconian: Woot, Wort (Moselle Franconian; some dialects of Ripuarian)

      Hunsrik: Wort

    • German: Wort
    • Luxembourgish: Wuert
    • Vilamovian: wiüt
    • Yiddish: וואָרט (vort)