wer
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English wer (“a male being, man, husband, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *weraz (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man, freeman”). Cognate with Middle High German wër (“man”), Swedish värbror (“brother-in-law”), Norwegian verfader (“father-in-law”), Latin vir (“man, husband”).
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wer (plural wers)
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[edit] German
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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷis. Related to wo.
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[edit] Pronoun
wer
- (interrogative) who.
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- Nominative: wer = 'who'
- Accusative: wen = who, whom'
- Dative: wem = 'to whom'
- Genitive: wessen = 'whose'
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wer
[edit] Meriam
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wer
[edit] Middle English
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From Old English wer, compare Old Norse verr
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wer (plural wers)
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wer
[edit] Old English
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- IPA: /wer/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“freeman”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian wer, Old Saxon wer, Old High German wer, Old Norse verr, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂 (waír). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin vir, Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Old Irish fer (Welsh gŵr), Lithuanian vyras.
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wer m.
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From werian.
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wer m. (nominative plural weras)
[edit] Old High German
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *weraz, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Cognate with Old English wer and Old Norse verr.
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wer m.
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms with homophones
- German interrogative pronouns
- Kurdish adverbs
- Meriam nouns
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English nouns
- Middle English alternative forms
- Middle English verbs
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English nouns
- Old English poetic terms
- Old English a-stem nouns
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old High German nouns
