Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wers-”
400 words across 73 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wers- — including war, War, worse, wars, warfare, warrior, postwar, wartime.
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English (161)
- war
- War
- worse
- wars
- warfare
- warrior
- postwar
- wartime
- warlike
- warring
- vestige
- Baroque
- worsen
- prewar
- baroque
- interwar
- Vesuvius
- warship
- wart
- warlord
- warhead
- varicose
- vestigial
- varices
- warpath
- variceal
- warty
- warhorse
- worser
- warfighting
- unwarlike
- verrucous
- warthog
- warmonger
- Besançon
- warlordism
- wargaming
- varix
- prowar
- cyberwar
- warfighter
- warplane
- warmouth
- biowarfare
- verruca
- worrywart
- netwar
- wardriving
- cyberwarfare
- warreth
- warriorhood
- varicosity
- warted
- vestigium
- warworn
- wartlike
- warclub
- vestigially
- nonwar
- warless
- warbird
- nonvariceal
- baroquely
- verruga
- warriorlike
- verrucose
- afterwar
- warrest
- wargamer
- verruciform
- warbag
- iWar
- wardriver
- infowar
- lawfare
- vestigiality
- warlikeness
- warrioress
- baroqueness
- warpower
- vesuvin
- wardrive
- wartless
- worseness
- miniwar
- nonvaricose
- warful
- wartyback
- nonwarrior
- warly
- nonwarlike
- wardialer
- warmaker
- wargasm
- warlessness
- warheaded
- airwar
- wartiness
- counterwar
- warwalking
- nonwartime
- antiwarrior
- cyberwarrior
- warman
- worsely
- warfarer
- warish
- multiwarhead
- warchalk
- wartwort
- wartish
- warproof
- warblog
- wartweed
- warlording
- warmongery
- warling
- wardom
- unwarring
- warrish
- unbaroque
- warray
- antiwart
- warmongerer
- post-war
- pre-war
- roadwarrior
- war-dialing
- anti-war
- weekend warrior
- hot war
- eco-warrior
- war-dial
- war machine
- pro-war
- war-ridden
- wartily
- nonvestigial
- warchalker
- ecowar
- warwood
- antiwarfare
- baroquey
- e-warfare
- varicosely
- war-horn
- wartpox
- prewartime
- nymwars
- warmongerism
- warthoglet
- warfully
- warbot
- warspeak
- warmate
- unwarted
- baroquest
- warsome
- warblogger
- warr
- warriors