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Where does “weri” come from?

weri (Middle English) comes from Old English wēriġ, from Proto-Germanic wōrīgaz.

Ancestry of “weri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwēriġ—
2Proto-Germanicwōrīgaz—

Words derived from “weri”

  • weary
  • wearying
  • unwearying
  • aweary
  • weariful
  • unwearyingly
  • unweariable
  • wearieth
  • weariless
  • unweary
  • wearyingly
  • overweary
  • unwearily
  • unweariably
  • wearifulness
  • wearifully
  • outweary
  • unweariness
  • unwearyingness
  • weariable
  • wearilessly
Every word from Proto-Germanic wōrīgaz →