Old English word continues reconstructed Germanic *wurdam through inherited West Germanic development.
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word
word, utterance, speech
OPEN NODE 655 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · spoken unit noun*wurdam
word; something spoken
OPEN NODE 656 ↗01
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Something spoken remains a word or utterance.
The Germanic form is reconstructed, not a written donor token.
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Word — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseOld High German wort comparison
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Provides an independent Germanic cognate anchor.
Indo-European Root wer-5wer-5, section 1: Old English word from Germanic *wurdam
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the Germanic reconstruction behind Old English word.
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