Where does “varelager” come from?
varelager (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vare, from Old Norse vara, from Middle Low German ware, from Old Saxon wār, 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.
varelager (Norwegian Bokmål): a stock of goods
Definitions
- a stock of goods
Ancestry of “varelager”, step by step
varelager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål vare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vare | an article or item; a commodity; goods,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | vara | to ware, watch out, defend |
| 3 | Middle Low German | ware | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | wār | true |
| 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 Norwegian Bokmål lager
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lager | a warehouse; a bearing; present tense of lage |
| 2 | German | lager | first-person singular present of lagern; singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | leger | — |
| 4 | Old High German | legar | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | legr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | legrą | a lying, a place where one lies; camp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |