Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryGoods or a type of goods offered for sale or use. · See wares. · Pottery or metal goods. · A style or genre of artifact.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English ware From Middle English ware, from Old English waru, from Proto-West Germanic *waru, from Proto-Germanic *warō (“attention”) as in beware, in the sense of “an object of care, a valuable”, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, keep guard”), whence also ward. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Were (“an item for exchange, barter, or sale; ware”), Dutch waar (“goods offered for sale or use; ware”), German Ware (“ware”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk vare (“ware”), Faroese vøra (“ware”), Icelandic and Swedish vara (“ware”).
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- Root classification mention*wer-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwareenm
- Inherited-form mentionwaruang
- Inherited-form mention*warugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*warōgem-pro · attention
- Derivation mention*wer-ine-pro · to watch, keep guard
- Cognate mentionWerestq
- Cognate mentionwaarnl
- Cognate mentionWarede
- Cognate mentionvarenn
- Cognate mentionvørafo
- Cognate mentionvarasv
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