gherra
Sardinian
noun
Definitions
- war, warfare
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *werra derived from Frankish *werra, *werru (riot, disturbance, quarrel, confusion) derived from Proto-Germanic *werrō (disarray, confusion, conflict, mixture, strife, mix-up, turmoil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wers-
Gloss
confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雄
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *guerra Latin
- *werra Latin
- *werra, *guerra Latin
- guerra Latin
- la, *werra Latin
- varix Latin
- verres Latin
- verro Latin
- verruca Latin
- verrūca Latin
- werra Latin
- guerra Italian
- guerra Spanish, Castilian
- ἔρρω Ancient Greek
- *h₁elk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- *wartǭ Proto-Germanic
- *werrō Proto-Germanic
- ऋषभ Sanskrit
- *vorxъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrxъ Proto-Slavic
- guere Old French
- guerreier Old French
- guerra Galician
- werra Old High German
- vērsis Latvian
- *werra Old Dutch
- guerra Old Portuguese
- *werros Proto-Celtic
- *wes Proto-Celtic
- werra Old Saxon
- guerra Asturian
- съврьшити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vuere Friulian
- *werra, *werru Frankish
- guerra Old Occitan
- guerra Sicilian
- gerra Basque
- *wiršus Proto-Balto-Slavic
- guârre Bourguignon
- viera Ladin
- guiera Istriot
- werre ONF.