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English word weird comes from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥tís, and later Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (Fate, destiny.)
*wr̥tís (Proto-Indo-European)
*wurdiz (Proto-Germanic)
Fate, destiny.
wurd (Old English)
wurde (Middle English)
weird (English)
(archaic) Fate; destiny; luck.. (archaic, in the plural) The Fates (personified).. (obsolete, Scotland) A spell or charm.. A prediction.. That which comes to pass; a fact. (transitive) To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.. (transitive) To warn solemnly; adjure. (archaic) Connected with fate or destiny; able to influence fate.. (archaic) Having supernatural or preternatural [...]