Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wirsiʀō

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 *wirsizô.

Adjective

*wirsiʀō

comparative degree of *ubil (“bad, evil”): worse

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: wiersa, wyrsa
- English: worse
Old Frisian: wirra, werra
Old Saxon: wirsiro
Old Dutch: *wirs
- Middle Dutch: wers
  - Dutch: wers
Old High German: wirsiro
- German: wirser