-weard
Appearance
See also: weard
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wardaz (“turned toward, in the direction of, facing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to turn, bend”).
Akin to Old Frisian -ward, Old Saxon -ward, Old Norse verðr, German -wärts. Cognate with Old English weorþan (“to turn (into), become”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-weard
- Forming adjectives and nouns from adjectives or prepositions, with the sense of "in the direction of, toward".
- ēasteweard ― eastward, tōweard (adjective and noun) ― future
- Forming adverbs from adjectives or prepositions, with the sense of "in the direction of, toward".