Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo secure by a wharf. · To place on a wharf.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną Proto-West Germanic *hwerban Old English hweorfan Middle English wharf English wharf From Middle English wharf, from Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”); related to Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), Old Saxon hwerf (whence German Werft and Warft), Dutch werf, Old High German hwarb (“a turn”), hwerban (“to turn”), Old Norse hvarf (“circle”), and Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:wharf<id:Q828909>",
"id": "Q828909",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Germanic *hwerbaną\nProto-West Germanic *hwerban\nOld English hweorfan\nMiddle English wharf\nEnglish wharf\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*hwerban\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"hweorfan\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"wharf\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"wharf\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-id=\"Q828909\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"wharf\" id=\"English:_Q828909\">"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wharf"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wharf"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hwearf",
"t": "heap, embankment, wharf"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwearf (“heap, embankment, wharf”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "hweorfan",
"t": "to turn"
},
"expansion": "Old English hweorfan (“to turn”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "hwerf"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hwerf"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Werft"
},
"expansion": "German Werft"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "werf"
},
"expansion": "Dutch werf"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "hwarb",
"t": "a turn"
},
"expansion": "Old High German hwarb (“a turn”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hvarf",
"t": "circle"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hvarf (“circle”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "καρπός",
"t": "wrist"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”)"
},
{
"name": "etymon",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "enm:wharf<id:Q828909>",
"id": "Q828909",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Germanic *hwerbaną\nProto-West Germanic *hwerban\nOld English hweorfan\nMiddle English wharf\nEnglish wharf"
}
],
"links": [
[
"*hwerbaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwerbaną#Proto-Germanic:_turn"
],
[
"*hwerban",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwerban#Proto-West_Germanic:_turn"
],
[
"hweorfan",
"hweorfan#Old_English:_turn"
],
[
"wharf",
"wharf#Middle_English:_Q828909"
],
[
"wharf",
"wharf#Middle_English"
],
[
"hwearf",
"hwearf#Old_English"
],
[
"hweorfan",
"hweorfan#Old_English"
],
[
"hwerf",
"hwerf#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"Werft",
"Werft#German"
],
[
"Warft",
"Warft#German"
],
[
"werf",
"werf#Dutch"
],
[
"hwarb",
"hwarb#Old_High_German"
],
[
"hwerban",
"hwerban#Old_High_German"
],
[
"hvarf",
"hvarf#Old_Norse"
],
[
"καρπός",
"καρπός#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To secure by a wharf.",
"To place on a wharf."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"recordId": "fe50a4b23a1640cdb610a595a07fb930f1318fa25a9b2109e6f4e6ff16494f1c",
"rawRecordSha256": "25fe978bfeff349ea43fb5221a3110e44ffae95ea41ce885404b8bdde71e8558",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 276390
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}