Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/warō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

• *wazō
• *warǭ (North Germanic)

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”).

Noun

*warō f

1. a good, merchandise, ware

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *warō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*warō	*warôz
vocative	*warō	*warôz
accusative	*warǭ	*warōz
genitive	*warōz	*warǫ̂
dative	*warōi	*warōmaz
instrumental	*warō	*warōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *waru (or *waʀu)
  • Old English: waru
    • Middle English: ware
      • English: ware
      • Scots: ware, war, wair
  • Old Frisian: ware, were
    • Saterland Frisian: Were
    • West Frisian: waar
  • Old Saxon: wara
    • Middle Low German: ware, war, wāre, wār
      • German Low German: Ware, Waar, Woor
  • Old Dutch: *wara
    • Middle Dutch: ware
      • Dutch: waar
        • Afrikaans: waar
  • Old High German: *wara
    • Middle High German: ware, war
      • German: Ware
• Old Norse: vara (< Proto-Germanic *warǭ)
  • Icelandic: vara
  • Faroese: vøra
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vare
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vare
  • Old Swedish: vara
    • Swedish: vara
  • Old Danish: waræ
    • Danish: vare