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Where does “-wärts” come from?

-wärts (German) comes from Proto-Germanic warþ-.

-wärts (German): -wards. Forms adverbs denoting course or...

Definitions

  1. -wards. Forms adverbs denoting course or...

Ancestry of “-wärts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwarþ-—

Words derived from “-wärts”

  • nordwärts
  • vorwärts
  • luvwärts
  • rückwärtsgekrümmt
  • anderwärts
  • Rückwärtsgang
  • rückwärtsgewandt
  • rückwärts
  • abwärts
  • ostwärts
  • rheinabwärts
  • südwärts
  • windwärts
  • vorwärtsgekrümmt
  • rikverc
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