Where does “wers” come from?

wers (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wirs, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsi, from Proto-Germanic wirsiz, from Proto-Indo-European wers-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

wers (Middle Dutch): worse

Definitions

  1. worse

Ancestry of “wers”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwirs—
2Proto-West Germanic*wirsi—
3Proto-Germanicwirsizmore badly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwers-to wipe; peak, height
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “wers”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wers- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wirsiz →