word
Old Saxon
/word/
noun
Definitions
- word
Etymology
Inherited from *word inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (word) root from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (speak, say, tell).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werh₁-
Gloss
speak, say, tell
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adverbium Latin
- adverbiālis Latin
- proverbium Latin
- rhētor Latin
- verbalis Latin
- verbum Latin
- verbālis Latin
- verve French
- ἐξερέω Ancient Greek
- ἐπίρρημα Ancient Greek
- ῥήτωρ Ancient Greek
- ῥηματ- Ancient Greek
- ῥητορική Ancient Greek
- ῥητορικός Ancient Greek
- ῥῆμα Ancient Greek
- *upó Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰh₁om Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰh₁om, *wr̥dʰh₁om Proto-Indo-European
- *werdʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥dʰh₁om Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥dʰom Proto-Indo-European
- *wr̥h₁tós Proto-Indo-European
- *wrōgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrōhiz Proto-Germanic
- *wurdą Proto-Germanic
- word Old English
- orð Old Norse
- *vьrati Proto-Slavic
- atviksorð Icelandic
- boðorð Icelandic
- fallorð Icelandic
- loforð Icelandic
- lykilorð Icelandic
- lýsingarorð Icelandic
- mannorð Icelandic
- metorð Icelandic
- nafnorð Icelandic
- orð Icelandic
- orðabók Icelandic
- orðaforði Icelandic
- orðaleikur Icelandic
- orðasafn Icelandic
- orðasamband Icelandic
- orðatiltæki Icelandic
- orðflokkur Icelandic
- orðhluti Icelandic
- orðrómur Icelandic
- orðsending Icelandic
- orðsifjar Icelandic
- orðstír Icelandic
- orðtak Icelandic
- sagnorð Icelandic
- smáorð Icelandic
- tökuorð Icelandic
- töluorð Icelandic
- varnaðarorð Icelandic
- vottorð Icelandic
- adferf Welsh
- *word Old High German
- wort Old High German
- առաւիր Old Armenian
- vorto Ido
- hjáorð Faroese
- loyniorð Faroese
- lýsingarorð Faroese
- navnorð Faroese
- orð Faroese
- orðabók Faroese
- sagnorð Faroese
- sambindingarorð Faroese
- talorð Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 Gothic
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐍅𐍂𐍉𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *word gmw-pro
- wort Old Dutch
- *virci Proto-Finnic
- wôrt Middle Low German
- *wratám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- word Old Frisian
- Woord Low German