Where does “wor” come from?

wor (Middle English) comes from Old English wār, from Proto-West Germanic *wair.

wor (Middle English): the seashore or beach

Definitions

  1. the seashore or beach

Ancestry of “wor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwārseaweed
2Proto-West Germanic*wair—

Words derived from “wor”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wair →Every word from Old English wār →