Old Saxon werold

← Old English weorold (cognate)

← German weralt (cognate)

← West Frisian warld (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *weraldiz (inherited)

← Old Norse verǫld (cognate)

← Old Dutch werolt (cognate)

→ Old High German weralt (cognate)

→ Low German Werld (inherited)

→ German Low German Wereld (inherited)

→ Old Norse verǫld (cognate)