Where does “nuværende” come from?

nuværende (Danish) comes from Danish være, from Old Danish wæræ, from Old Norse vera, from Old Norse vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

nuværende (Danish): current, present

Definitions

  1. current, present

Ancestry of “nuværende”, step by step

nuværende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish være

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishværeto be; to be, exist; to have
2Old Danishwæræ—
3Old Norseverato be
4Old NorsevesaArchaic form of vera; to be
5Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Danish nu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishnunow (present time), present (current time)
2Old Norsenúnow
3Proto-Germanicnunow
4Proto-Indo-Europeannūnow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wesaną →Every word from Old Norse vesa →