Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Having a value of; proper to be exchanged for. · Deserving of. · Valuable, worthwhile. · Making a fair equivalent of, repaying or compensating.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryValue. · Merit, excellence. · An amount that could be achieved or produced in a specified time. · High social standing, noble rank.
From Middle English worth, from Old English weorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *werþ, from Proto-Germanic *werþaz (“worthy, valuable”); from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Scots wirth (“worth”), Cimbrian bèart (“worth, value”), Dutch waard, weerd (“worth”), German wert (“worth”) (the source of Polish wart (“worth”), Ukrainian вартість (vartistʹ, “worth, value”), etc), Luxembourgish wäert (“worth”), Yiddish ווערט (vert), ווערד (verd, “worth, value”), Danish værd (“worth”), Faroese and Icelandic verður (“worth”), Norwegian Bokmål verdt (“worth”), Norwegian Nynorsk verd (“worth”), Swedish värd (“worth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸 (wairþ, “worth, value”), Welsh gwerth (“worth, value”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*wert-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionworthenm
- Inherited-form mentionweorþang
- Inherited-form mention*werþgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*werþazgem-pro · worthy, valuable
- Derivation mention*wert-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionwirthsco · worth
- Cognate mentionbèartcim · worth, value
- Cognate mentionwaardnl
- Cognate mentionwertde · worth
- Cognate mentionwartpl · worth
- Cognate mentionвартістьuk · worth, value
- Cognate mentionwäertlb · worth
- Cognate mentionווערטyi
- Cognate mentionværdda · worth
- Cognate mentionverðuris · worth
- Cognate mentionverdtnb · worth
- Cognate mentionverdnn · worth
- Cognate mentionvärdsv · worth
- Cognate mention𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸got · worth, value
- Cognate mentiongwerthcy · worth, value
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