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Where does “gawar” come from?

gawar (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European worós, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

gawar (Proto-West Germanic): aware, noticing something

Definitions

  1. aware, noticing something

Ancestry of “gawar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanworósattentive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “gawar”

  • aware
  • awareness
  • unaware
  • unawares
  • unawareness
  • hyperaware
  • hyperawareness
  • nonawareness
  • awarely
  • unawarely
  • ecoawareness
  • self-aware
  • self-awareness
  • cyberawareness
  • gewaar
  • gewaarworden
  • gewaarwording
  • iware
  • aware
  • iwar
  • ywar
  • gewær
  • ġewær
  • ghewaer
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