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ווערט 1

ווערט 1
'worth' (adjective)

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱vert; Proto-EY ✱vert; from MHG wert.
Protovowel E1; lengthened before R in CY and WY.
II. MHG wert; from OHG werd; cf. NHG wert.
III. Gothic wairþs; ON verðr; OE weorþ; English worth; from PGmc ✱werþaz

{Kroonen 2013: 581. Wiktionary: wert, ✱werþaz.}

WESTERN

Wer s Klane nit ehrt is Grauße nit werth.