værge

Danish

[ˈʋaɐ̯wə]

noun

Definitions

(law) guardian of a child or incompetent adult

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish wæri inherited from Old Norse verja derived from Proto-Germanic *warjǭ.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*warjǭ

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*warjaną Proto-Germanic
*warjǭ Proto-Germanic
verja Norwegian Nynorsk
verje Norwegian Nynorsk
verja Old Norse
verja Icelandic
verja Faroese
vari Estonian
varjupaik Estonian
*varjo Proto-Finnic
væria Old Swedish
wæri Old Danish