Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werran

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *werʀan, from Proto-Germanic *werzaną.

Verb

*werran

1. to cause confusion, disarray

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*werran
1st sg. past	*warr
3rd pl. past	*wurrun
Past ptcple	*worran
Infinitive	*werran
Genitive infin.	*werrannjas
Dative infin.	*werrannjē
Instrum. infin.	*werrannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*werru	*warr
2nd singular	*wirriʀi	*wurrī
3rd singular	*wirridi	*warr
1st plural	*werrum	*wurrum
2nd plural	*wirrid	*wurrud
3rd plural	*werrand	*wurrun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*werrē	*wurrī
2nd singular	*werrēs	*wurrī
3rd singular	*werrē	*wurrī
1st plural	*werrēm	*wurrīm
2nd plural	*werrēþ	*wurrīd
3rd plural	*werrēn	*wurrīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wirr
Plural	*wirrid
	Present	Past
Participle	*werrandī	*worran

Derived terms

• *werru

Related terms

• *wirrisōn
• *worrijan

Descendants

• Old Saxon: werran
  • Middle Low German: werren
• Old Dutch: *werran
  • Middle Dutch: werren, warren
    • Dutch: warren
• Old High German: werran
  • Middle High German: wërren
    • German: wirren; verwirren
      • → Swedish: virra; förvirra
• → Old French: guerrier, guerrer
  • → Middle English: werren
    • English: war (verb)
  • Middle French: guerrer