war
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʋɑr/
noun
Definitions
- confusion, disarray
- tangle, mess
- an elevated area on the floor of a body of water, a kind of contraption for luring and catching fish, where nets and fykes could be installed
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch werre inherited from Old Dutch *werra inherited from Proto-Germanic *werrō (disarray, confusion, conflict, mixture, strife, mix-up, turmoil).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*werrō
Gloss
disarray, confusion, conflict, mixture, strife, mix-up, turmoil
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
迷, 紛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- European War English
- Pacific War English
- afterwar English
- airwar English
- anti-war English
- counterwar English
- cyberwar English
- ecowar English
- flame war English
- gunstock war club English
- hot war English
- iWar English
- infowar English
- interwar English
- miniwar English
- netwar English
- nonwar English
- outwar English
- post-war English
- pre-war English
- prewar English
- pro-war English
- prowar English
- war English
- war golok English
- war-horn English
- war-ridden English
- warbag English
- warband English
- warbird English
- warblog English
- warblogger English
- warbot English
- warbow English
- warchalk English
- warclub English
- warcore English
- warcraft English
- wardialer English
- wardom English
- wardrive English
- wardriving English
- warfare English
- warfighter English
- warfighting English
- warfront English
- warful English
- wargamer English
- wargaming English
- warhead English
- warhorse English
- warlady English
- warless English
- warlight English
- warlike English
- warling English
- warlord English
- warly English
- warmaker English
- warman English
- warmate English
- warmonger English
- warmouth English
- warnik English
- warpath English
- warplane English
- warpower English
- warproof English
- warrest English
- warreth English
- warring English
- warrish English
- warship English
- warsome English
- warspeak English
- wartime English
- warwagon English
- warwalking English
- warwood English
- warworn English
- *werra Latin
- anteguerra Italian
- dopoguerra Italian
- guerra Italian
- guerraiolo Italian
- guerreggiare Italian
- guerresco Italian
- guerriglia Italian
- boel Dutch, Flemish
- geest Dutch, Flemish
- hoofd Dutch, Flemish
- warboel Dutch, Flemish
- wargeest Dutch, Flemish
- warhoofd Dutch, Flemish
- warhoofdig Dutch, Flemish
- warrig Dutch, Flemish
- avant-guerre French
- cyberguerre French
- guerre French
- guerrier French
- guerroyer French
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- *werrō Proto-Germanic
- werre Middle English
- VukoWAR Serbo-Croatian
- werre Middle Dutch
- werra Old High German
- warla Tagalog
- warlahin Tagalog
- guerre Middle French
- *werra Old Dutch
- werra Old Saxon
- gwerra Maltese
- *werra, *werru Frankish
- woa Tok Pisin
- waragi Ganda