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

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
- 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
    Mòcheno: bourt
    Udinese: boart, bort, bört
  - Central Franconian: Woot, Wort
    Hunsrik: Wort
  - German: Wort
  - Luxembourgish: Wuert
  - Vilamovian: wiüt
  - Yiddish: וואָרט (vort)

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