Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/werþaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wértti, from *wert- (“to turn”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*werþaną
- (transitive) to become
- (intransitive) to come to be, to come into existence
- (intransitive) to happen, to come about
- (auxiliary) used to form the passive voice, together with a past participle
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *werþaną (strong class 3)