释义 |
wer-2 Conventional base of various Indo-European roots; to turn, bend. Derivatives include stalwart, weird, vertebra, wrath, wrong, wrestle, briar1, rhapsody, and worm.- Root *wert‑, to turn, wind.
- Germanic *werth‑.
- -ward, from Old English -weard, toward (< "turned toward");
- inward, from Old English inweard, inward, from Germanic *inwarth, inward (*in, in; see en). Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic variant *warth.
- perhaps Germanic derivative *werthaz, "toward, opposite," hence "equivalent, worth." worth1; stalwart, from Old English weorth, worth, valuable, and derivative noun weorth, wierth, value.
- worth2, from Old English weorthan, to befall, from Germanic *werthan, to become (< "to turn into").
- Zero-grade form *wr̥t‑. weird, from Old English wyrd, fate, destiny (< "that which befalls one"), from Germanic *wurthi‑.
- versatile, verse1, version, versus, vertebra, vertex, vertigo, vortex; adverse, anniversary, avert, bouleversement, controversy, converse1, convert, dextrorse, divert, evert, extrorse, extroversion, extrovert, introrse, introvert, invert, malversation, obvert, peevish, pervert, prose, retrorse, revert, sinistrorse, subvert, tergiversate, transverse, universe, from Latin vertere, to turn, with its frequentative versāre, to turn, and passive versārī, to stay, behave (< "to move around a place, frequent").
- verst, from Russian versta, line, from Balto-Slavic *wirstā‑, a turn, bend.
- Root *wreit‑, to turn.
- wreath, from Old English writha, band (< "that which is wound around");
- writhe, from Old English wrīthan, to twist, torture;
- wrath, wroth, from Old English wrāth, angry (< "tormented, twisted"). a-c all from Germanic *wrīth‑, *wraith‑.
- Root *wergh‑, to turn.
- worry, from Old English wyrgan, to strangle, from Germanic *wurgjan.
- Nasalized variant *wrengh‑.
- wring, from Old English wringan, to twist, from Germanic *wreng‑;
- wrong, from Middle English wrong, wrong, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse *vrangr, rangr, curved, crooked, wrong;
- wrangle, from Middle English wranglen, to wrangle, from a Low German source akin to wrangeln, to wrestle. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *wrang‑.
- Root *werg‑, to turn.
- Nasalized variant form *wreng‑.
- wrench, from Old English wrencan, to twist;
- wrinkle, from Old English gewrinclian, to wind (ge‑, collective prefix; see kom). Both a and b from Germanic *wrankjan.
- verge2; converge, diverge, from Latin vergere, to turn, tend toward.
- Root *wreik‑, to turn.
- wry; awry, from Old English wrīgian, to turn, bend, go;
- wriggle, from Middle Low German wriggeln, to wriggle. Both a and b from Germanic *wrīg‑.
- wrist, from Old English wrist, wrist;
- gaiter, from Old French guietre, gaiter, from Frankish *wrist‑. Both a and b from Germanic *wristiz, from *wrihst‑.
- wrest, wrestle, from Old English wrǣstan, to twist, from secondary Germanic derivative *wraistjan.
- Possibly from this root are European words for heather.
- hypericin1, brusque, from Greek ereikē, tree heath (exact preform uncertain);
- Possibly o-grade form *wroik‑. briar1, brusque, from Late Latin brūcus, heather, from Gaulish *brūko‑.
- ribald, from Old High German rīban, to rub, copulate, from Germanic root *wrib‑.
- Root *werb‑, also *werbh‑, to turn, bend.
- warp, from Old English weorpan, to throw away, from Germanic *werp‑, *warp‑, "to fling by turning the arm.".
- reverberate, from Latin verber, whip, rod.
- verbena, vervain, from Latin verbēna, sacred foliage.
- Zero-grade form *wr̥b‑. rhabdomancy, rhabdovirus, from Greek rhabdos, rod.
- Nasalized variant form *wrembh‑. rhombus, from Greek rhombos, magic wheel, rhombus.
- Root *werp‑, to turn, wind.
- Metathesized form *wrep‑. wrap, from Middle English wrappen, to wrap, from a source akin to Danish dialectal vravle, to wind, from Germanic *wrap‑.
- Zero-grade form *wr̥p‑. raphe, raphide; rhapsody; staphylorrhaphy, tenorrhaphy, from Greek rhaptein, to sew.
- Root *wr̥mi‑, worm; rhyme word to kwr̥mi-.
- worm, from Old English wyrm, worm, from Germanic *wurmiz.
- vermeil, vermi-, vermicelli, vermicular, vermin, from Latin vermis, worm.
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