Where does “WoWer” come from?
WoWer (English) comes from English wow, from Scots wow, from Scots wave, from Middle English waven, from Old English wafian, from Proto-Germanic wabōną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.
WoWer (English): A player of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft
Definitions
- A player of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft
Ancestry of “WoWer”, step by step
WoWer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wow | An indication of excitement, surprise,... |
| 2 | Scots | wow | wow (an exclamation of astonishment or amazement) |
| 3 | Scots | wave | to wave, to move back and forth |
| 4 | Middle English | waven | To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro; To... |
| 5 | Old English | wafian | to wave; to be agitated, astonished, amazed; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wabōną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |