Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “were-”

24 words across 13 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European were- — including wray, rægja, wroegen, wroeging, wroegen, wruogen, røghia, wrōgijaną.

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Proto-Germanic (4)

Old English (4)

Middle English (3)

Dutch (2)

German (2)

Old Norse (2)

English (1)

Icelandic (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old High German (1)