*werþaz

Runic: ᚹᛖᚱᚦᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwer.θɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

worthy, valuable

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *wértos. While Kroonen leaves the origin open, Matasović derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (‘to turn’) through an intermediary meaning of "exchange", a development also seen in Celtic; compare Proto-Brythonic *gwerθ (‘worth, price’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	werþaz	werþō	werþą, -atō	werþai	werþôz	werþō
Acc.	werþanǭ	werþǭ	werþą, -atō	werþanz	werþōz	werþō
Gen.	werþas, -is	werþaizōz	werþas, -is	werþaizǫ̂	werþaizǫ̂	werþaizǫ̂
Dat.	werþammai	werþaizōi	werþammai	werþaimaz	werþaimaz	werþaimaz
Inst.	werþanō	werþaizō	werþanō	werþaimiz	werþaimiz	werþaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	werþô	werþǭ	werþô	werþaniz	werþōniz	werþōnō
Acc.	werþanų	werþōnų	werþô	werþanunz	werþōnunz	werþōnō
Gen.	werþiniz	werþōniz	werþiniz	werþanǫ̂	werþōnǫ̂	werþanǫ̂
Dat.	werþini	werþōni	werþini	werþammaz	werþōmaz	werþammaz
Inst.	werþinē	werþōnē	werþinē	werþammiz	werþōmiz	werþammiz

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Descendants

weorþ (Old English)
- worth (Middle English)
  - worth (English)
  - wirth (Scots)
werth (Old Frisian)
werd (Old Frisian)
werth (Old Saxon)
- wert (Middle Low German)
  - väärt (Estonian)
werth (Old Dutch)
- wert, waert (Middle Dutch)
  - waard (Dutch)
    - waarde (Afrikaans)
werd (Old High German)
- wert (Middle High German)
  - bèart (Cimbrian)
  - Weert (Hunsrik)
  - wäert (Luxembourgish)
  - ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd) (Yiddish)
werd (Old High German)
- wert (Middle High German)
  - wert, Wert (German)
    - wart (Polish)
    - вартий (vartyj) (Ukrainian)
verðr (Old Norse)
- værd (Danish)
- verður (Faroese)
- verður (Icelandic)
- ?, verdt, verd (Norwegian)
verðr (Old Norse)
- værþer (Old Swedish)
  - värd (Swedish)
verð (Old Norse)
- værd (Danish)
- verður (Faroese)
- verður (Icelandic)
- ?, verdt, verd (Norwegian)
verð (Old Norse)
- værþer (Old Swedish)
  - värd (Swedish)
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (wairþs) (Gothic)
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ) (Gothic)
*vërta (Proto-Finnic)
- võrd (Estonian)
- verta (Finnish)

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