wieren
Luxemburgeois
/ˈviəʀən/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to intervene, to oppose
- (reflexive) to defend oneself, to fight back
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German werien (defend, protect) inherited from *warjan (ward off, defend against) inherited from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*warjaną
Gloss
defend, ward off, protect, thwart, guard, defend against
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiwear English
- edgewear English
- forwear English
- macrowear English
- microwear English
- miswear English
- netherwear English
- outwear English
- overwear English
- rewear English
- treadwear English
- underwear English
- usewear English
- wear English
- wearability English
- wearable English
- wearer English
- wearest English
- weareth English
- wearout English
- wearproof English
- varjella Finnish
- abwehren German
- bewehren German
- erwehren German
- verwehren German
- wehren German
- afweren Dutch, Flemish
- geweer Dutch, Flemish
- verweren Dutch, Flemish
- weerkerk Dutch, Flemish
- weermacht Dutch, Flemish
- weren Dutch, Flemish
- wering Dutch, Flemish
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *warjaną Proto-Germanic
- *warjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *warōną Proto-Germanic
- ウエア Japanese
- wer Old English
- weren Middle English
- varask Old Norse
- verja Old Norse
- garantir Old French
- guarir Old French
- verja Icelandic
- verjandi Icelandic
- wēren Middle Dutch
- (gi)werēn, giweren Old High German
- werien Old High German
- weren Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *warjan gmw-pro
- *werien Old Dutch
- guarir Old Portuguese
- weren Middle Low German
- *warand Frankish
- *warjan Frankish
- werim Tok Pisin
- waere Pennsylvania German