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Wor etymology

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English word wor comes from Proto-Indo-European *eǵHóm, Proto-Indo-European *n̥s-ero-, and later Proto-Germanic *unseraz (Our, ours; 1st person plural possessive.)

Detailed word origin of wor

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*eǵHóm Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*n̥s-ero- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*wéy Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*wéy- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*wiz Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*wiz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)
*unseraz Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) Our, ours; 1st person plural possessive.
várr Old Norse (non)
wor English (en) (Northern England) Regional variant of our.

Words with the same origin as wor

Descendants of *eǵHóm

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