Where does “wearriht” come from?

wearriht (Old English) comes from Old English wearr, from Proto-West Germanic *warʀ, from Proto-Germanic *warzaz — callus.

wearriht (Old English): calloused, (of trees) knotted

Definitions

  1. calloused, (of trees) knotted

Ancestry of “wearriht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwearra piece of hard skin; callus, callosity
2Proto-West Germanic*warʀcallus
3Proto-Germanic*warzazcallus

Words derived from “wearriht”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *warzaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *warʀ →Every word from Old English wearr →
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