Where does “Warenverkehr” come from?
Warenverkehr (German) comes from German wāre, from English Ware, from Middle English ware, from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic wār, from Proto-Germanic wēraz, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Warenverkehr (German): movement of goods, merchandise traffic
Definitions
- movement of goods, merchandise traffic
Ancestry of “Warenverkehr”, step by step
Warenverkehr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wāre | goods, merchandise, ware, commodity |
| 2 | English | Ware | A placename |
| 3 | Middle English | ware | Alternative form of veir; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old English | wær | cautious, on guard, watching out for something;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via German verkehr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | verkehr | correspondence, traffic interaction [[involve |
| 2 | German | verkehren | to interact in somebody’s sphere, to have... |
| 3 | Dutch | verkeren | to find oneself; to be found, be located;... |
| 4 | Dutch | keren | To turn around, to turn around an axis; plural of... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | keren | To turn, to turn over, to turn around; To turn,... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | kēren | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | karzijaną | to turn, sweep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵers- | to turn, bend, twist; to twist; to plait things... |