weird
Scots
/wird/
noun
Definitions
- fate, fortune, destiny, one's own particular fate or appointed lot
- event destined to happen, a god's decree, omen, prophecy, prediction
- wizard, warlock, one having deep or supernatural skill or knowledge
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wyrd (destiny, fate) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (fate, destiny).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wurdiz
Gloss
fate, destiny
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrti- Proto-Indo-European
- *wurdiz Proto-Germanic
- Wyrd Old English
- wyrd Old English
- wyrdstæf Old English
- werde Middle English
- Urðr Old Norse
- wurt Old High German
- man Scots
- wanweird Scots
- wanweirdly Scots
- weirdfu Scots
- weirdie Scots
- weirdless Scots
- weirdly Scots
- weirdman Scots
- weirdrie Scots