Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurtiju

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *wurtijan (“to season, spice”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*wurtiju f

spice, seasoning
beer wort

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurtiju
Genitive	*wurtijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurtiju	*wurtijō
Accusative	*wurtijā	*wurtijā
Genitive	*wurtijā	*wurtijō
Dative	*wurtijē	*wurtijōm
Instrumental	*wurtiju	*wurtijōm

Related terms

*wurti

Descendants

Old English: wyrt (merged with descendant of *wurti)
- Middle English: worte, wortte, woort, wort
  - English: wort
  - Scots: wirt
- ⇒ Old English: māxwyrt
- ⇒ Old English: mealtwyrt
Old Saxon: wurtia
- Middle Low German: wurte, worte
Old Dutch: *wurta
- Middle Dutch: worte, wort
  - Dutch: wort
Old High German: wurza f; giwurz f
- Middle High German: wurze, würze f; gewürze n (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *wurti)
  - German: Würze f; Gewürz n
    - → German Low German: Gewürz
  - Luxembourgish: Gewierz