Where does “verje” come from?

verje (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse verja, from Proto-Germanic warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verje (Norwegian Nynorsk): to defend, protect; guardian; protector

Definitions

  1. to defend, protect; guardian; protector

Ancestry of “verje”, step by step

verje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse verja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseverjato defend; thwart; defense
2Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Hungarian vér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvérblood
2Proto-Uralicwërepeak

Words derived from “verje”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic warjaną →