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Where does “tableware” come from?

I notice this etymology chain contains only English sources with repetitive cycling between "software" and "soft," which doesn't form a coherent etymological path for "tableware." Without a valid chain showing the word's origin from earlier languages, I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence following the rules. Could you provide the correct etymological chain?

tableware (English): The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in...

Definitions

  1. The cutlery, crockery and glassware used in...

Ancestry of “tableware”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-wareUsed to form nouns denoting, collectively, items...
2Middle EnglishwareAlternative form of veir; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishwærcautious, on guard, watching out for something;...
4Proto-West Germanicwārtrue, reliable
5Proto-Germanicwēraztrue; reliable; friendly; kind
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
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