verða
Faroese
/ˈveːɹa/
verb
Definitions
- to become
- to be
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse verða inherited from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (become, happen, turn, turn into, come into being, come about).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*werþaną
Gloss
become, happen, turn, turn into, come into being, come about
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wértti Proto-Indo-European
- vorde Norwegian Bokmål
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- verta Norwegian Nynorsk
- verte Norwegian Nynorsk
- verða Old Norse
- verða Icelandic
- werdan Old High German
- wërdan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *werþan gmw-pro
- werthan Old Dutch
- varþa Old Swedish
- værþa Old Swedish
- wertha Old Frisian
- warthæ Old Danish
- werda Elfdalian
- vburt Crimean Gothic