warry

warry · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wer-“to twist, bend, crook”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*wargijaną“to curse”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wargijan
4. Old English · inherited fromwirġan
5. Middle English · inherited fromwarrien
6. English todaywarry

From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġean, weriġan, wirian (“to curse, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to curse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).

warry · adjective²

From war + -y.

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