Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurdiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *wr̥tís,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwur.ðiz/

Noun

*wurdiz f

fate, destiny

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *wurdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wurdiz	*wurdīz
vocative	*wurdi	*wurdīz
accusative	*wurdį	*wurdinz
genitive	*wurdīz	*wurdijǫ̂
dative	*wurdī	*wurdimaz
instrumental	*wurdī	*wurdimiz

Related terms

*werþaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wurdi
- Old English: wyrd, *werd — Kentish, weord
  - Middle English: werde, weerde, weird, werd, werede, werid, wierde, wired, wird, wirde, wired, wirid, word, wyerde, wyrde
    - English: werd, weard (obsolete)
    - Middle Scots: weird, werd
      - Scots: weird
      - → English: weird
  - → English: wyrd
- Old Frisian: werd, werde
- Old Saxon: wurd
- Old High German: wurt
  - Middle High German: wurt
Old Norse: urðr, yrðr
- Icelandic: urður
- Old Swedish: urþer
  - Swedish: urd
- ⇒ Old Norse: Urðr

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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