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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *wer (“man”) +‎ *geld (“money”).

Noun

*werageld n

compensation for a man's life, wergeld

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*werageld
Genitive	*werageldas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*werageld	werageldō, werageldōs
Accusative	*werageld	*werageldā
Genitive	*werageldas	*werageldō
Dative	*werageldē	*werageldum
Instrumental	*werageldu	*werageldum

Descendants

Old English: weregeld, wergild
- Middle English: wergeld, weregelt, wergelt
  - Scots: weregilt, wargeld, warȝeld
  - English: wergeld
Old Frisian: werjeld
Old Saxon: *werigeld
- Middle Low German: *wêregelt, *wergelt
  - Low German: Wergeld
Old Dutch: *werigelt
- Middle Dutch: weregelt
  - Dutch: weergeld
Lombardic: wergild
Old High German: werigelt
- Middle High German: wërgëlt
  - German: Wergeld
→ Medieval Latin: werigeldum, weregildum, wergeldus
- Italian: guidrigildo

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 ====Descendants====
-* {{desc|lng|wergild}}
-* {{desc|odt|*werigelt}}
-** {{desc|dum|weregelt}}
-*** {{desc|nl|weergeld}}
 * {{desc|ang|weregeld}}, {{l|ang|wergild}}
 ** {{desc|enm|wergeld}}, {{l|enm|weregelt}}, {{l|enm|wergelt}}
-*** {{desc|en|wergeld}}
 *** {{desc|sco|weregilt}}, {{l|sco|wargeld}}, {{l|sco|warȝeld}}
+*** {{desc|en|wergeld}}
 * {{desc|ofs|werjeld}}
-* {{desc|goh|werigelt}}
-** {{desc|gmh|wërgëlt}}
-*** {{desc|de|Wergeld}}
 * {{desc|osx|*werigeld}}
 ** {{desc|gml|*wêregelt}}, {{l|gml|*wergelt}}
 *** {{desc|nds|Wergeld}}
+* {{desc|odt|*werigelt}}
-* {{desc|fr|wergeld|bor=1}}, {{l|fr|weregild}}, {{l|fr|wergild}}
+** {{desc|dum|weregelt}}
+*** {{desc|nl|weergeld}}
+* {{desc|lng|wergild}}
+* {{desc|goh|werigelt}}
+** {{desc|gmh|wërgëlt}}
+*** {{desc|de|Wergeld}}
 * {{desc|ML.|werigeldum|bor=1}}, {{l|la|weregildum}}, {{l|la|wergeldus}}
 ** {{desc|it|guidrigildo}}
-* {{desc|fro|were|der=1}}
-* {{desc|es|wergild|bor=1}}