Where does “wrohtsawere” come from?

wrohtsawere (Old English) comes from Old English sāwere, from Old English -ere, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

wrohtsawere (Old English): a sower of strife

Definitions

  1. a sower of strife

Ancestry of “wrohtsawere”, step by step

wrohtsawere traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sāwere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsāwerea sower
2Old English-eremasculine agent suffix, originally applied only...
3Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Old English wrōht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwrōhtblame, accusation
2Proto-Germanicwrōhiz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwere-—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old English -ere →
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