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Where does “*weʀēn” come from?

*weʀēn (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

Ancestry of “*weʀēn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →