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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/war
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *waraz.
Adjective
*war[1]
- aware, alert, on guard
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *war | *waru | *war |
| Accusative | *waranā | *warā | *war |
| Genitive | *waras | *wareʀā | *waras |
| Dative | *warumē | *wareʀē | *warumē |
| Instrumental | *waru | *wareʀu | *waru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *warē | *warō | *waru |
| Accusative | *warā | *warā | *waru |
| Genitive | *wareʀō | *wareʀō | *wareʀō |
| Dative | *warēm, *warum | *warēm, *warum | *warēm, *warum |
| Instrumental | *warēm, *warum | *warēm, *warum | *warēm, *warum |
Derived terms
- *gawar
Descendants
- Old English: wær
- Middle English: war, ware
- English: ware
- Middle English: war, ware
- Old Frisian: war, ware
- ⇒ West Frisian: warskôgje
- Old Saxon: war
- Old Dutch: *war
- Middle Dutch: waer (in compounds: waerschuwen, ontware, ontwaer, etc.)
- Old High German: war
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 148: “PWGmc *war”