*weraz

Runic: ᚹᛖᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwe.rɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

man
husband

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (‘man, hero’), with pretonic shortening before a resonant. Compare Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá) (vīrá), Irish fear, Welsh gŵr and Lithuanian vyras.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	weraz	werōz, werōs
Acc.	werą	weranz
Gen.	weras, wiris	werǫ̂
Dat.	werai	weramaz
Inst.	werō	weramiz
Voc.	wer	werōz, werōs

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Descendants

*wer (Proto-West Germanic)
- wer (Old Frisian)
*wer (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wer (Old Dutch)
  - weer (Middle Dutch)
*wer (Proto-West Germanic)
- wer (Old English)
  - wer (Middle English)
    - wer (English)
*wer (Proto-West Germanic)
- wer (Old High German)
  - wer, were (Middle High German)
    - Wer (German)
*wer (Proto-West Germanic)
- wer (Old Saxon)
  - wēre (Middle Low German)
ᚹᛖᚱᚨᛉ (weraʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- verr (Old Norse)
  - ver- (Faroese)
  - ver (Icelandic)
𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (wair) (Gothic)

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