weralt

== Old High German == === Alternative forms === wërelt, wërolt, worolt === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi; surface analyzed as compound of wër (“man”) + alt (“time, age, old”) (hence “age of man”), latter short for altar. Cognate to Old English weorold (English world), Old Norse verǫld (Swedish värld), Old Saxon werold, Dutch wereld. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɛralt/ === Noun === wëralt f world ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== wëraltfuristo wëralthēriro wëraltrëhtwīso wëraltwīso wëraltwolo ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: wërlt, wëltAlemannic German: WältBavarian: Wejt, Wöd, WöltCentral Franconian:Hunsrik: WeltLuxembourgish: WeltTransylvanian Saxon: WältGerman: WeltRhine Franconian:Pennsylvania German: WeltVilamovian: wełtYiddish: וועלט (velt) === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “weralt”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press