werdan
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to be
- to become
- 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
- versiōnem Latin
- versus Latin
- vertō Latin
- werden German
- Versailles French
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wértti Proto-Indo-European
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- weorþan Old English
- वृत्ति Sanskrit
- verða Old Norse
- *vorťati Proto-Slavic
- wërdan Old High German
- werden Middle High German
- wërden Middle High German
- wäerten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- אָנווערן Yiddish
- ווערן Yiddish
- *werþan gmw-pro
- werthan Old Dutch
- werthan Old Saxon
- werðan Old Saxon
- wērthan Old Saxon
- wërde Alemannic German
- *wertō Proto-Italic
- wertha Old Frisian
- waerre Pennsylvania German
- wääde Central Franconian
- vburt Crimean Gothic