Etymology

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Today it means: One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were. Full definition →

Old Norse Urðr ← Proto-Germanic *wurdiz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wert-“to turn, wind”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wurdiz“fate, destiny”
  3. Old Norse · derived fromUrðr
  4. English todayUrd

From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*wurdiz all →

weird

Proto-Indo-European*wert- all →

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