Appendix:Proto-Germanic/weruz

This entry contains Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *warzuz (?)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“high, raised area, tuber, lump, blister”).

Noun

*weruz f

1. (anatomy) lip

Declension

Declension of *weruz (u-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weruz	*wiriwiz
Vocative	*weru	*wiriwiz
Accusative	*werų	*werunz
Genitive	*werauz	*wiriwǫ̂
Dative	*wiriwi	*werumaz
Instrumental	*werū	*werumiz

Derived terms

• *werulō

Descendants

• Old English: weler, weolor, welur (< *werulō)
• Old Frisian: were
  • North Frisian: ware, were
• Old Norse: vǫrr
  • Icelandic: vör
• Gothic: wairilo (< *werulō)