Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wursti

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

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

Descendants

Old Frisian: *wurst, *worst
- West Frisian: woarst
Old Saxon: worst
- Middle Low German: worst
  - Low German:
    German Low German:
    Plautdietsch: Worscht
  - →? Estonian: vorst
Old Dutch: *wurst, *worst
- Middle Dutch: worst
  - Dutch: worst
    - Afrikaans: wors
      - → English: wors
    - Jersey Dutch: wârst
    - → Papiamentu: wòrs
    - → Russian: ворса (vorsa)
    - → Sranan Tongo: worst
  - Limburgish: wósj
Old High German: wurst
- Middle High German: wurst
  - Alemannic German: Wurscht
    Swabian: Wurscht
    Sathmar Swabian: Wurscht
  - Bavarian: Wuaschd
  - Central Franconian: Woosch, Wuersch, Wuerscht, Wuuscht, Woscht, Woeësj, Wursch
    - Luxembourgish: Wuuscht (archaic), Wurscht (influenced by German)
    - Hunsrik: Worst
  - East Central German: Wurscht
    Vilamovian: wiyśt
  - East Franconian: Woschd
    Vogtländisch: Wurschd
  - German: Wurst
    - → English: wurst
    - → French: wurst
    - → German Low German: Wust
    - → Saterland Frisian: Wust
  - Rhine Franconian: Wurscht, Worscht
    Pennsylvania German:
  - Yiddish: וווּרשט‎ (vursht)