wurst

Meaning

A German- or Austrian-style sausage.

Synonyms

sausage

sassage

pork sausage

salami

stuffing

pizza puff

Translations

embutido

saucisse

salsicha

salame

embuchado

worst

Wurst

saucisson

Würste

embotit

lingüiça

salchichón

سجق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɝst/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Saxon: worst

Cognate with Old English: weorþan

In summary

First attested in 1890. 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- (“to turn”).
Akin to Old Saxon worst (“wurst”), Old English weorþan (“to turn, become”). Doublet of wors. Unrelated to worsted (“type of yarn”). More at worth (“to be, become, betide”).