Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wār

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wār

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Germanic *wēraz.

Adjective

*wār

1. true, reliable

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wār
Genitive	*wāras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wār	*wāru	*wār
Accusative	*wāranā	*wārā	*wār
Genitive	*wāras	*wāreʀā	*wāras
Dative	*wārumē	*wāreʀē	*wārumē
Instrumental	*wāru	*wāreʀu	*wāru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wārē	*wārō	*wāru
Accusative	*wārā	*wārā	*wāru
Genitive	*wāreʀō	*wāreʀō	*wāreʀō
Dative	*wārēm, *wārum	*wārēm, *wārum	*wārēm, *wārum
Instrumental	*wārēm, *wārum	*wārēm, *wārum	*wārēm, *wārum

Descendants

• Old English: wǣr
• Old Frisian: wēr
  • North Frisian: wer
  • Saterland Frisian: weer
  • West Frisian: wier
• Old Saxon: wār; *wāri
  • Middle Low German: wâr
    • German Low German: wahr
• Old Dutch: wār; *wāri
  • Middle Dutch: waer
    • Dutch: waar
• Old High German: wār
  • Middle High German: wār
    • Cimbrian: baar
    • German: wahr
    • Hunsrik: woher
    • Luxembourgish: wouer