Old English weorold

← Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *weraz (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *aldiz (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *weraldu (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *weraldi (mention)

→ English world (inherited)

→ Old English weoroldræden (affix)

→ Old High German weralt (cognate)

→ Old Norse verǫld (cognate)

→ Old Saxon werold (cognate)

→ Scots warld (inherited)