varwe

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *farwa, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Noun

varwe f

1. colour
2. paint, dye

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vāerwe
• verwe

Derived terms

• varwen

Descendants

• Dutch: verf
  • Afrikaans: verf
  • Negerhollands: verw
  • → Papiamentu: fèrfdó
  • → Sranan Tongo: ferfi
    • → Aukan: felifi
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: verfi
    • → Saramaccan: féifi
• Limburgish: varf

Further reading

• “varwe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “varuwe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page varuwe

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• farwe, verwe, var, far

Etymology

From Old High German farwa, farawa, farawī, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Noun

varwe

1. color, hue
   • c. 1230 (manuscript date), unknown author, Carmina Burana CB138a:

     In liehter varwe stat der walt
     der vogele schal nu donet ...

     In bright color stands the forest
     The birds' song now resounds ...

2. dye, paint
3. appearance

Derived terms

• blivarwe
• buschvarwe
• küchenvarwe
• liljerosevarwe
• missevarwe
• nitvarwe
• rosenvarwe
• sintvarwe
• vëdervarwe
• wazzervarwe

Related terms

• verwen

Descendants

• Alemannic German:
  • Alsatian: Fàrb
  • Swabian: Farb
• Bavarian: Foam

  Cimbrian: bèrbe

• Central Franconian:

  Hunsrik: Forreb

  Ripuarian: Färv

• German: Farbe (see there for further descendants)
• Luxembourgish: Faarf
• Vilamovian: förf
• Yiddish: פֿאַרב (farb)
• → Czech: barva (see there for further descendants)
• → Lower Sorbian: barwa
• → Slovene: barva
• → Upper Sorbian: barba

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• verwe

Etymology

From Old Saxon far(a)wi, from Proto-West Germanic *faru.

Pronunciation

• (originally) IPA^(key): /farwə/

Noun

varwe

1. colour
2. dye
3. look, way something looks
4. mark, insignia

Descendants

• Low German: Faarf, Farf, Farv, Farve, Farw, Farwe
• → Danish: farve
• → Estonian: värv
• → Norwegian Bokmål: farge
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: farge
• → Old Swedish: færgha
  • Swedish: färg
    • → Finnish: väri