Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wurhtijō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *wurhti (“deed, act”) +‎ *-jō.

Noun

*wurhtijō m

worker, workman

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wurhtijō
Genitive	*wurhtijini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wurhtijō	*wurhtijan
Accusative	*wurhtijan	*wurhtijan
Genitive	*wurhtijini	*wurhtijanō
Dative	*wurhtijini	*wurhtijum
Instrumental	*wurhtijini	*wurhtijum

Descendants

Old English: wyrhta, werhta, wryhta, wyrcta
- Middle English: wurhte, wruhte, wriȝte, wrighte
  - Scots: wricht, wrycht, wrecht
  - English: wright
Old Frisian: wrichta
Old Saxon: wurhtio
Old Dutch: *wurhto
- Middle Dutch: wrochte, wrechte, wrecht
  - Dutch: wrecht
Old High German: wurhto

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