T tyedyetrip420 New Member Joined Apr 16, 2010 Messages 4 Reaction score 0 Location newark valley ny Apr 20, 2010 #1 Does anyone know where the word wort comes from?? Good things will happen to me if I can find out. Thanx!
Does anyone know where the word wort comes from?? Good things will happen to me if I can find out. Thanx!
Beernik Well-Known Member Joined Jun 26, 2009 Messages 4,206 Reaction score 1,048 Location Camano Island, WA Apr 21, 2010 #2 Its German, pronounced "wert". It literally translates as "word".
gestyr Just an earthbound misfit Joined Aug 29, 2007 Messages 443 Reaction score 60 Location Pencilvania Apr 21, 2010 #3 Wort comes from the old English word "wyrt" and possibly prior to that derives from the German word "wurze" (sp?) meaning spice.
Wort comes from the old English word "wyrt" and possibly prior to that derives from the German word "wurze" (sp?) meaning spice.
NorCalAngler Well-Known Member Joined Feb 22, 2010 Messages 698 Reaction score 7 Location Roseville, CA Apr 21, 2010 #4 http://brew.hbd.org/hbd/archive/2541.html According to somebody on that page it "comes from the German word "wurze" which means spice or essence ("In der Kurze liegt die Wurze") and hence wort and that's why we pronounce it the way we do." Because it's pronounced wert
http://brew.hbd.org/hbd/archive/2541.html According to somebody on that page it "comes from the German word "wurze" which means spice or essence ("In der Kurze liegt die Wurze") and hence wort and that's why we pronounce it the way we do." Because it's pronounced wert
Yuri_Rage Gritty. HBT Supporter Joined Jul 24, 2006 Messages 14,260 Reaction score 786 Location Southwest Apr 21, 2010 #5 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wort/etymologies
Zen_Brew Well-Known Member Joined May 6, 2009 Messages 1,851 Reaction score 27 Location Seattle Apr 21, 2010 #6 Comes from one of our own members EdWort. I believe his great grandfather invented the stuff.