weorþan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to become
- to be (used to form the passive voice)
- to happen
Etymology
Inherited from *werþan inherited from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (become, happen, turn, turn into, come into being, come about) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (be turning around, be turning).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wértti
Gloss
be turning around, be turning
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ward English
- blood wurst English
- liverwurst English
- nonweird English
- outweird English
- unweird English
- wanweird English
- weird English
- weird-ass English
- weirden English
- weirdie English
- weirdish English
- weirdlike English
- weirdling English
- weirdly English
- weirdness English
- weirdo English
- weirdometer English
- weirdscape English
- weirdsome English
- weirdy English
- wurst English
- perverto Latin
- praeterverto Latin
- transverto Latin
- versiōnem Latin
- versus Latin
- vertebra Latin
- verto Latin
- vertō Latin
- Wurst German
- Versailles French
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wértti Proto-Indo-European
- *frawerþaną Proto-Germanic
- *wardaz Proto-Germanic
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- -weard Old English
- -weardes Old English
- forweorþan Old English
- geweorþan Old English
- toweard Old English
- वृत्ति Sanskrit
- forworthen Middle English
- werde Middle English
- verða Old Norse
- *vorťati Proto-Slavic
- werdan Old High German
- wërdan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *werþan gmw-pro
- werthan Old Dutch
- werthan Old Saxon
- werðan Old Saxon
- wērthan Old Saxon
- *wertō Proto-Italic
- wertha Old Frisian
- waerre Pennsylvania German
- vburt Crimean Gothic