Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurtiju

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 *wurtijan (“to season, spice”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*wurtiju f

1. spice, seasoning
2. beer wort

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurtiju
Genitive	*wurtijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurtiju	*wurtijō
Accusative	*wurtijā	*wurtijā
Genitive	*wurtijā	*wurtijō
Dative	*wurtijē	*wurtijōm, *wurtijum
Instrumental	*wurtiju	*wurtijōm, *wurtijum

Related terms

• *wurti

Descendants

• Old English: wyrt (merged with descendant of *wurti)
  • Middle English: worte, wortte, woort, wort
    • English: wort
    • Scots: wirt
  • ⇒ Old English: māxwyrt
  • ⇒ Old English: mealtwyrt
• Old Saxon: wurtia
  • Middle Low German: wurte, worte
• Old Dutch: *wurta
  • Middle Dutch: worte, wort
    • Dutch: wort
• Old High German: wurza
  • Middle High German: wurze, würze
    • German: Würze