English
Verdandi
Verdandi comes from Old Norse Verðandi, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, wind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, wind’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Verðandi
- EnglishtodayVerdandi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, wind’root as named · steps between not traced
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Verðandi
- EnglishtodayVerdandi
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, wind’
worth, university, word, version, weird, conversation, ridiculous, universe, divorce, versus, diversity, vertical, verse, advertisement, vortex, versatile, convertible, ridicule, advert, adversity, revert, pervert, diversification, divert, vertex, vertigo, avert, vertebrate, derision, introvert, subvert, vert, verso, wurst, deride, derisive, perversity, 71 more
Today it means
name the Norn of the present
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / Verdandi