Old English wyrd

← Old English weorþan (mention)

← German werden (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (inherited)

← Old High German wurt (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *wrti- (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *wert- (mention)

← Latin vertere (cognate)

← Dutch worden (cognate)

← Old Norse urðr (cognate)

← Old Norse Urðr (cognate)

← Old Saxon wurd (cognate)

→ English weird (inherited)

→ English wyrd (learned borrowing)

→ Old English wyrdstæf (affix)

→ Old English Wyrd (mention)

→ Middle English forwird (mention)

→ Old Norse Urðr (cognate)

→ Scots weird (inherited)