Proto-Germanic
*werþaz
‘towards, opposite’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *werþaz.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *werþaz, most familiar first.
- worth ← weorþ ← *werþ
- worthless ← *worthles ← weorþlēas ← weorþ
- unworth ← unweorþ ← weorþ
- worthly ← worthely ← weorþlīċ ← *werþalīkaz ← *werþą
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *werþaz