Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurstiz

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

Possibly related to *werþaną, which would derive it from Indo-European *wr̥t(s)-tis, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”). In this case the original meaning would have been "something twisted". Alternatively from *wr̥s-tis, from the root *wers- (“to mix up”), which would make it "something mixed up, something mangled".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwurs.tiz/

Noun

*wurstiz f

sausage

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *wurstiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wurstiz	*wurstīz
vocative	*wursti	*wurstīz
accusative	*wurstį	*wurstinz
genitive	*wurstīz	*wurstijǫ̂
dative	*wurstī	*wurstimaz
instrumental	*wurstī	*wurstimiz

Descendants

Old Frisian: *wurst, *worst
- West Frisian: woarst
Old Saxon: worst
- Middle Low German: worst
  - Low German:
    German Low German:
    Plautdietsch: Worscht
  - → Estonian: vorst (possibly)
Old Dutch: *wurst, *worst
- Middle Dutch: worst
  - Dutch: worst
    - Afrikaans: wors
      - → English: wors
  - Limburgish: wósj
Old High German: wurst
- Middle High German: wurst
  - East Central German: Wurscht
  - German: Wurst
    - → English: wurst
    - → French: wurst
    - → German Low German: Wust
    - → Luxembourgish: Wurscht
    - → Saterland Frisian: Wust
  - Hunsrik: Worst
  - Luxembourgish: Wuuscht
  - Swabian: Wurscht
    - Sathmar Swabian: Wurscht
  - Yiddish: וווּרשט‎ (vursht)

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