Old Norse verǫld

← Old English weorold (cognate)

← West Frisian warld (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (inherited)

← Old High German weralt (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (root)

← Old Norse verr (affix)

← Old Norse ǫld (affix)

← Old Saxon werold (cognate)

→ Danish verden (derived)

→ Danish verden (derived(da/nb))

→ Faroese verøld (derived)

→ Westrobothnian wähl (inherited)

→ Old High German weralt (cognate)

→ Icelandic veröld (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål verd (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk verd (derived)

→ Norn vrildin (mention)

→ Old Saxon werold (cognate)

→ Swedish värld (inherited)

→ Swedish wärd (derived(sv/ovd))