warrn
Low German
verb
Definitions
- (copulative) to become
- (transitive) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
- (intransitive) to become; to get; to grow; to turn to be
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German werden inherited from Old Saxon werðan inherited from *werþan 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
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- weorþan Old English
- verða Old Norse
- werdan Old High German
- wërdan Old High German
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *werþan gmw-pro
- werthan Old Dutch
- werden Middle Low German
- werthan Old Saxon
- werðan Old Saxon
- wērthan Old Saxon
- wërde Alemannic German
- wertha Old Frisian
- vburt Crimean Gothic