wharve

wharve · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hwerbaną“to turn”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hwerban“to turn”
3. Old English · inherited fromhweorfan“to turn”
4. Middle English · inherited fromwharven“to turn”
5. English todaywharve

From Middle English wharven (“to turn”), from Old English hweorfan (“to turn”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (“to turn”). Cognate with Dutch werven (“to recruit”), Icelandic hverfa (“to turn”), Faroese hvørva (“to disappear”), German werben (“to recruit, advertise”).

wharve · noun²

1. Old English · inherited fromhweorfa
2. Middle English · inherited fromwherve
3. English todaywharve

From Middle English wherve, from Old English hweorfa, related to the verb.

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