Old High German werdan

← Proto-Germanic *werþaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *werþan (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *wértti (inherited)

→ German werden (inherited)

→ German -wärtig (mention)

→ Middle High German werden (inherited)

→ Central Franconian wääde (inherited)

→ Alemannic German wërde (inherited)

→ Pennsylvania German waerre (inherited)

→ Yiddish ווערן (inherited)