Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wursti

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 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

Uncertain; possibly related to Proto-Germanic *werþaną, which would derive it from Indo-European *wr̥t(s)-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”). In this case the original meaning would have been "something twisted". Alternatively from *wr̥s-tis, from the root *wers- (“to mix up”), which would make it "something mixed up, something mangled".

Noun

*wursti f

  1. sausage

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *wursti
Genitive *wurstī
Singular Plural
Nominative *wursti *wurstī
Accusative *wursti *wurstī
Genitive *wurstī *wurstijō
Dative *wurstī *wurstim, *wurstijum
Instrumental *wurstī *wurstim, *wurstijum

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