wurst

Meaning

Noun

• A German- or Austrian-style sausage.

Origin

• Borrowed from German Wurst ("sausage, wurst"), from Middle High German wurst, from Old High German wurst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti ("something turned or twisted"), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-, *werd-. Akin to Old Saxon worst ("wurst"), Old English weorþan ("to turn, become"). wors. Unrelated to worsted. More at worth.