Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗intj
Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond." · An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something). · To flatter with words, to cajole. · To ply or overpower with words. · To conjure with a word.
From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom (“word”), from *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). Doublet of verb, verve, and vort; further related to vrata. Cognates Cognate with Scots wird (“word”), North Frisian uurd, Uurt, wurd, wårde, wür (“word”), Saterland Frisian Woud, Wud (“word”), West Frisian wurd (“word”), Alemannic German wort, wourd, wuart, wòrt, wört (“word”), Bavarian boart, bort, bört, Wurt (“word”), Cimbrian bóart, bort (“word”), Dutch woord (“word”), German Wort (“word”), German Low German Woord, Woort (“word”), Limburgish waord, Woërt (“word”), Luxembourgish Wuert (“word”), Mòcheno bourt (“word”), Vilamovian wiüt, wuyt (“word”), Yiddish וואָרט (vort, “word”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ord (“word”), Elfdalian uord (“word”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Scanian orð (“word”), Gutnish ård (“word”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd, “word”); also Ancient Greek ῥητός (rhētós, “spoken, stipulated”); also Latin verbum (“word”), Umbrian 𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄 (uerfale, “temple”), Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “to say, speak, tell”), Latgalian vuords (“name; word”), Latvian vārds (“name; word”), Lithuanian var̃das (“name”), Russian врать (vratʹ, “to lie”), Serbo-Croatian ва̏рати, vȁrati (“to cheat, deceive, trick, swindle; to be mistaken”), Armenian հորջորջել (horǰorǰel, “to call, name”), Ashkun vīri (“word”), Kamkata-viri vëri, viri (“word”), Prasuni veri, verī, vëre, vëri (“word”), Sanskrit व्रत (vrata, “command; law; will”).
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- Root classification mention*werh₁-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*dʰeh₁-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwordenm
- Inherited-form mentionwordang
- Inherited-form mention*wordgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wurdągem-pro · word
- Inherited-form mention*werdʰomine-pro · word
- Doublet mentionverben
- Doublet mentionverveen
- Doublet mentionvorten
- Cognate mentionwirdsco · word
- Cognate mentionuurdfrr
- Cognate mentionWoudstq
- Cognate mentionwurdfy · word
- Cognate mentionwortgsw
- Cognate mentionboartbar
- Cognate mentionbóartcim
- Cognate mentionwoordnl · word
- Cognate mentionWortde · word
- Cognate mentionwaordli
- Cognate mentionWuertlb · word
- Cognate mentionbourtmhn · word
- Cognate mentionwiütwym
- Cognate mentionוואָרטyi · word
- Cognate mentionuordovd · word
- Cognate mentionårdgmq-gut · word
- Cognate mention𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳got · word
- Cognate mentionῥητόςgrc · spoken, stipulated
- Cognate mentionverbumla · word
- Cognate mention𐌖𐌄𐌓𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌄xum · temple
- Cognate mentionεἴρωgrc · to say, speak, tell
- Cognate mentionvuordsltg · name; word
- Cognate mentionvārdslv · name; word
- Cognate mentionvar̃daslt · name
- Cognate mentionвратьru · to lie
- Cognate mentionва̏ратиsh
- Cognate mentionհորջորջելhy · to call, name
- Cognate mentionvīriask · word
- Cognate mentionvëribsh
- Cognate mentionveriprn
- Cognate mentionव्रतsa · command; law; will
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"t": "to say, speak, tell"
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"t": "name"
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"1": "ru",
"2": "врать",
"t": "to lie"
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"2": "ва̏рати"
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"1": "sa",
"2": "व्रत",
"t": "command; law; will"
},
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}
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"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/word"
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"wòrt",
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"wört",
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"boart",
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"bort",
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"woord",
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"Wort",
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"Woord",
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"Icelandic",
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"orð",
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"Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement \"My word is my bond.\"",
"An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval."
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