Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurti

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 *wrōts.

Noun

*wurti m

1. root
2. spice

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurti
Genitive	*wurtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurti	*wurtī
Accusative	*wurti	*wurtī
Genitive	*wurtī	*wurtijō
Dative	*wurtī	*wurtim, *wurtijum
Instrumental	*wurtī	*wurtim, *wurtijum

Derived terms

• *wurtijan
• *wurtiju

Descendants

• Old English: wyrt (“plant, herb”)
  • Middle English: wurt, worte, wort
    • English: wort
    • Middle Scots: *wort (attested in plural wortis)
      • Scots: wirt
    • ⇒ Middle English: wurten, worten (“resembling or pertaining to spice, herbal”, adj)
• Old English: wyrt (“brewer's wort”) (merged with descendant of *wurtiju)
  • Middle English: wort, worte
    • English: wort
    • Scots: wirt
• Old Saxon: wurt
  • Middle Low German: wort, wurt
• Old Dutch: wurt
  • Middle Dutch: worte
• Old High German: wurz
  • Middle High German: wurz
    • Cimbrian: burtz, buurtza (Sette Comuni)
    • German: Wurz
    • Vilamovian: wiyc
  • ⇒ Old High German: giwurz f
    • Middle High German: *gewürze (attested 15th c.)
      • German: Gewürz n
        • → German Low German: Gewürz
      • Luxembourgish: Gewierz