Where does “gewær” come from?

gewær (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gawar, from Proto-Indo-European worós, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

gewær (Old English): aware

Definitions

  1. aware

Ancestry of “gewær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgawaraware, noticing something
2Proto-Indo-Europeanworósattentive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European worós →