*warō
Runic: ᚹᚨᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.rɔː/noun · feminine · ō-stem
Meanings
a good, merchandise, ware
Etymology
Uncertain. It is uncertain whether the urform was *warō or *wazō. If *warō, then from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (‘to heed, watch, guard, protect’). If *wazō, then from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (‘to sell’).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | warō | warôz |
| Acc. | warǭ | warōz |
| Gen. | warōz | warǫ̂ |
| Dat. | warōi | warōmaz |
| Inst. | warō | warōmiz |
| Voc. | warō | warôz |
Descendants
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*waru (Proto-West Germanic)
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*wara (Old Dutch)
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ware (Middle Dutch)
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waar (Dutch)
- waar (Afrikaans)
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waar (Dutch)
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ware (Middle Dutch)
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*wara (Old Dutch)
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*waru (Proto-West Germanic)
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waru (Old English)
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ware (Middle English)
- ware (English)
- ware, war, wair (Scots)
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ware (Middle English)
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waru (Old English)
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*waru (Proto-West Germanic)
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ware, were (Old Frisian)
- Were (Saterland Frisian)
- waar (West Frisian)
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ware, were (Old Frisian)
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*waru (Proto-West Germanic)
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*wara (Old High German)
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ware, war (Middle High German)
- Ware (German)
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ware, war (Middle High German)
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*wara (Old High German)
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*waru (Proto-West Germanic)
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wara (Old Saxon)
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ware, war, wāre, wār (Middle Low German)
- Ware, Waar, Woor (German Low German)
- Woa (Plautdietsch)
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ware, war, wāre, wār (Middle Low German)
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wara (Old Saxon)
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vara (Old Norse)
- vøra (Faroese)
- vara (Icelandic)
- vare (Norwegian Bokmål)
- vare (Norwegian Nynorsk)
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vara (Old Norse)
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waræ (Old Danish)
- vare (Danish)
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waræ (Old Danish)
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vara (Old Norse)
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vara (Old Swedish)
- vara (Swedish)
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vara (Old Swedish)
- *vara (Proto-Finnic)