Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *waruþaz m or *waruþą n. Cognate with Old High German werid (German Werd, Werder, Wört), Dutch waard.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

waroþ n

  1. shore

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: warþe, warth, warthe, wharth
    • English: warth

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Werder”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN