Where does “weorpan” come from?

weorpan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *werpan, from Proto-Germanic werpaną, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

weorpan (Old English): to throw; to cast; to cast or drive out, eject

Definitions

  1. to throw; to cast; to cast or drive out, eject

Ancestry of “weorpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*werpanto throw
2Proto-Germanicwerpanąto throw; to cast
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “weorpan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic werpaną →