Etymograph

English

wright

Wright comes from Old English wyrhta ‘worker, maker’, from Proto-West Germanic *wurhti ‘deed, act’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werǵ-‘to make’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wr̥ǵtós‘worked, fashioned’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wurhtiz‘deed’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wurhti‘deed, act’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*wurhtijō‘worker, workman’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150wyrhta‘worker, maker’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wrighte
  8. Englishtodaywright

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werǵ-‘to make’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wr̥ǵtós‘worked, fashioned’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wurhtiz‘deed’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*wurhti‘deed, act’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*wurhtijō‘worker, workman’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150wyrhta‘worker, maker’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wrighte
  8. Englishtodaywright

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ‘to make’

work, energy, organic, organ, energetic, boulevard, orgasm, allergy, liturgy, metallurgy, argon, wrought, bulwark, werk, erg, irk, irksome, wark, 22 more

Today it means

noun A builder or maker of something.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- / wright

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