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Where does “wers-” come from?

wers- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

wers- (Proto-Indo-European): to wipe; peak, height

Definitions

  1. to wipe; peak, height

Ancestry of “wers-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “wers-”

  • worse
  • warrior
  • guerrilla
  • warring
  • vestige
  • worsen
  • Vesuvius
  • wart
  • varicose
  • vestigial
  • varices
  • warty
  • worser
  • varicocele
  • verrucous
  • warthog
  • Besançon
  • varix
  • verruca
  • warriorhood
  • varicosity
  • warted
  • vestigium
  • wartlike
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