Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/warōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warōną.

Verb

*warōn

1. to watch, protect

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*warōn
1st sg. past	*warōdā
Infinitive	*warōn
Genitive infin.	*warōnijas
Dative infin.	*warōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*warōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*warō	*warōdā
2nd singular	*warōs	*warōdēs, *warōdōs
3rd singular	*warōþ	*warōdē, *warōdā
1st plural	*warōm	*warōdum
2nd plural	*warōþ	*warōdud
3rd plural	*warōnþ	*warōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*warō	*warōdī
2nd singular	*warōs	*warōdī
3rd singular	*warō	*warōdī
1st plural	*warōm	*warōdīm
2nd plural	*warōþ	*warōdīd
3rd plural	*warōn	*warōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*warō
Plural	*warōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*warōndī	*warōd

Derived terms

• *biwarōn

Descendants

• Old English: warian, werian
  • Middle English: warien, waren
    • Scots: war, ware
    • English: ware
• Old Frisian: waria, weria
  • Saterland Frisian: woarje
  • West Frisian: warje
• Old Saxon: warōn
  • Middle Low German: wāren
    • German Low German: wahren
• Old Dutch: *waron
  • Middle Dutch: wāren
• Old High German: warōn
  • Middle High German: waren, warn
    • German: wahren
    • → Slovene: varati (dialectal)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: varati
• → Vulgar Latin: *warāre
  • Old French: warer, garer
    • Middle French: guerrer, garrer
      • French: garer; garage
        • → Dutch: garage
        • → English: garage
        • → Portuguese: garagem
  • Occitan: guarer, garar