wert-

*wert- uig. 'wenden, drehen, sich umdrehen' (*wert-)

Reconstruction notes

The reconstruction of an athematic root present *wért-ti ~ *wr̥t-énti is based on misinterpreting Sanskrit passive aorist वर्ति (varti) as a present verb वर्त्ति (vartti) (written identically in many manuscripts).

• Proto-Germanic: *werþaz, *wardaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Old High German: wërd
    • Middle High German: wërt
    • Cimbrian: bèart
    • German: wert, Wert
      • → Polish: wart
      • → Ukrainian: вартий (vartyj)
    • Hunsrik: Weert
    • Luxembourgish: wäert
    • Yiddish: ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd)
• *wr̥t-ís
  • Proto-Germanic: *wurdiz (“fate”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Frisian: werd, werde
    • Old Saxon: wurd
    • Old High German: wurt "Schicksal, Glaube" Wort (??)

• • • • Middle High German: wurt