Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurhtijō

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 *wurhti (“deed, act”) +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*wurhtijō m

1. worker, workman

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurhtijō
Genitive	*wurhtijini, *wurhtijan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurhtijō	*wurhtijan
Accusative	*wurhtijan	*wurhtijan
Genitive	*wurhtijini, *wurhtijan	*wurhtijanō
Dative	*wurhtijini, *wurhtijan	*wurhtijum
Instrumental	*wurhtijini, *wurhtijan	*wurhtijum

Descendants

• Old English: wyrhta, werhta, wryhta, wyrcta
  • Middle English: wurhte, wruhte, wriȝte, wrighte
    • Scots: wricht, wrycht, wrecht
    • English: wright
• Old Frisian: wrichta
• Old Saxon: wurhtio
• Old Dutch: *wurhto
  • Middle Dutch: wrochte, wrechte, wrecht
    • Dutch: wrecht
• Old High German: wurhto