vera
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to be
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *wesaną (be, remain, graze, consume, feast) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (reside, dwell, pass the night, live, spend the night, stay, abide, pass stay the night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wes-
Gloss
reside, dwell, pass the night, live, spend the night, stay, abide, pass stay the night
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vesta Latin
- Wesen German
- wezen Dutch, Flemish
- αὐλή Ancient Greek
- ἰαύω Ancient Greek
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wóstu Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- fravær Norwegian Bokmål
- fraværende Norwegian Bokmål
- nærvær Norwegian Bokmål
- overvære Norwegian Bokmål
- samvær Norwegian Bokmål
- tilstedeværelse Norwegian Bokmål
- velvære Norwegian Bokmål
- vær så god Norwegian Bokmål
- være Norwegian Bokmål
- værelse Norwegian Bokmål
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *esi/*izi Proto-Germanic
- *isti Proto-Germanic
- *izum, *wesaną, *izud Proto-Germanic
- *was Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- *wistiz Proto-Germanic
- *wēz- Proto-Germanic
- vara Swedish
- unnvera Norwegian Nynorsk
- vera Norwegian Nynorsk
- bēon Old English
- wesan Old English
- ætwesan Old English
- वसति Sanskrit
- वस् Sanskrit
- वास Sanskrit
- vesa Old Norse
- vesa, vera Old Norse
- vist Old Norse
- samvera Icelandic
- vera Icelandic
- verufræði Icelandic
- verulegur Icelandic
- veruleiki Icelandic
- sīn Old High German
- wesan Old High German
- գոյ Old Armenian
- vera Faroese
- 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wesan gmw-pro
- wesan Old Dutch
- *woseti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸare Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewostom Proto-Celtic
- vāsa Pali
- *Hwas- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- wesan Old Saxon
- vara Old Swedish
- vera Westrobothnian
- wesa Old Frisian
- *a)uaϑā Proto-Albanian
- *wartā Proto-Albanian
- wårå Elfdalian
- 𒁾 Sumerian
- 𒄷𒍑 Hittite