Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrōts

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wrɔːts/

Noun

*wrōts f

root

Inflection

The original stem ablaut was initially preserved, but lexical split already occurred within the Proto-Germanic period.

consonant stemDeclension of *wrōts (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wrōts	*wrōtiz
vocative	*wrōt	*wrōtiz
accusative	*wrōtų	*wrōtunz
genitive	*wurtiz	*wurtǫ̂
dative	*wurti	*wurtumaz
instrumental	*wurtē	*wurtumiz

Derived terms

*urtiz
*wurtwaluz

Related terms

Descendants

The West and East Germanic descendants derive from the oblique stem, while North Germanic preserves both stems but as separate words.

Old English: wyrt; wyrtwalu (compound with *waluz), ƿyrt
- Middle English: wurt, worte, wort
  - English: wort (see bladderwort, mugwort)
Old Frisian: wirtel, wortel (compound with *waluz)
- West Frisian: woartel, wurtel
Old Saxon: wurt
- Middle Low German: wort, wurt wortele (compound with *waluz)
  - Low German: Wortel, Wörtel, Wuttel, Wuddel
Old Dutch: wurt; *wurtala (compound with *waluz)
- Middle Dutch: worte; wortele
  - Dutch: wortel
    - Afrikaans: wortel
    - → Indonesian: wortel
Old High German: wurz; wurzala (compound with *waluz)
- Middle High German: wurz, wurzel
  - German: Wurz, Wurzel
  - Luxembourgish: Wuerzel
  - Vilamovian: wiyc, wücuł
  - Yiddish: וואָרצל‎ (vortsl)
Old Norse: rót, urt
- Icelandic: rót, jurt
- Faroese: rót, urt
- Norn: (virt) (< Old/Middle English influence?)
- Norwegian: rot, urt
- Old Swedish: rōt, yrt
  - Swedish: rot, ört
  - → Finnish: yrtti
- Danish: rod, urt
- Gutnish: rot
- Old English: rōt
  - Middle English: rot, rote, root
    - Scots: rute, ruit, rit
    - English: root
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts)

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