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Frankish *bannjan, *bandjan PGmc *laibijaną + *af- PGmc *frasakaną PGmc *fralētaną PGmc *gebaną + *ūp PGmc *bilinnaną | abandon leave forsake forlet give up blin | relinquish abdicate desert renounce | relinquere < re- + linquere abdicāre < ab- + dicātus dēserere < dē- + serere renūntiāre < re- + nūntius |
PGmc *akiz Frankish *hūrt PGmc *smartōn- PGmc *wai PGmc *sairaz PGmc *þrawō PGmc *warkiz | ache hurt smart woe sore throe wark | pain agony | poena < Gk poinē L.L. agōnia < Gk agōniā |
PGmc *lataz, *lētiz (Frankish *lat, *lēti) PGmc *trewwiþō | allegiance troth | fidelity loyalty | fidēlitās lēgālis |
PGmc *ana + *libą PGmc *kwikwaz | alive quick (living) | animate | animātus < animāre < anima |
Old Norse angr PGmc *wraiþiþo | anger wrath | rage ire | rabiēs īra |
Frankish *raidjan PGmc *raihwaz PGmc *hrengaz (Frankish *hring) PGmc *līnǭ + *ūp PGmc *sat- PGmc *hlutą PGmc *līstǭ | array row range, rank line, lineup set lot list | series order sequence | seriēs < serere ordō L.L. sequentia < sequēns < sequī |
Old English andswaru | answer | response | responsum |
WGmc *aiskōn PGmc *frignaną PGmc *besōkijaną Old English bedecian PGmc *sōkijaną | ask frain beseech beg seek | inquire request | in + quaerere re + quaerere |
PGmc *gawaraz PGmc *ana + *breustą PGmc *ūp + *tō + *spōdiz | aware abreast up to speed (idiom, compound word) | cognizant | cognoscere |
WGmc *bauknan Frankish *baukan Old Norse *flǫgra, flakka Frankish *hariwald Frankish *heriberga Frankish *witan | beacon buoy flag herald harbinger guide | signal indicator | M.L. signāle M.L. indicātor |
PGmc *bi- + *furai PGmc *bi- + *furai + *handuz PGmc *ana + *haubudą + *af PGmc *airiz | before beforehand ahead of ere | prior previous | prior prae- + via |
PGmc *bi- + *hafjaną PGmc *beraną + *-unga Frankish *stikkan Frankish *wīsa PGmc *wegaz | behaviour bearing etiquette guise way | action attitude manner conduct | āctiō L.L. aptitūdō V.L. *manuāria < L manuārius < manus M.L. conductus < L condūcere |
PGmc *bi- + *haitaną PGmc *bidjaną + *-unga | behest bidding | command order | V.L. commandāre ordō |
PGmc *bī- + *hōfą PGmc *gagniz PGmc *fura- + *dailiz PGmc *bōniz PGmc *blōdisōjaną + *-unga PGmc *wela + *farō | behoof gain foredeal boon blessing welfare | advantage benefit | L.L.*abantaticum benefactum |
WGmc *bī- + *ginnan PGmc *sturtjaną | begin start | commence | com + initiāre |
PGmc *galaubją PGmc *gamenþiją + *sat- PGmc *gōdaz + *spellą PGmc *trewwiþō PGmc *hlinunga | belief mindset gospel truth leaning | creed | crēdere |
PGmc *bilībaną PGmc *uz- + *bīdaną PGmc *terganą PGmc *stadiz | belive, belave abide tarry stay | remain | re- + manere |
PGmc *balgiz PGmc *medi- + *hrefiz PGmc *wambō | belly midriff womb | abdomen | abdomen |
Middle English bigge (< Old Norse?) PGmc *grautaz PGmc *stōraz, stōriz PGmc *mikilaz PGmc *haugaz (Frankish *houg) | big great stour mickle huge | large grand | larga < largus grandis |
PGmc *gaburþiz + *dagaz PGmc *jērą + *tīdiz | birthday yeartide | anniversary | M.L. (diēs) anniversāria |
PGmc *blīwą PGmc *hiwją PGmc *daugō PGmc *skadwō PGmc *wlitiz | blee hue dye shade lit | colour | AN colur < OF colour < L color < OL colos |
PGmc *blōmô PGmc *blōsmaz PGmc *buddǭ PGmc *burjô (Frankish *burjan) | bloom blossom bud burgeon | flower | flor- < flos |
PGmc *budagą PGmc *framojaną WGmc *makojaną + *ūp PGmc *līką | body, embodiment frame makeup lich | corpus, corpse carcass cadaver | corpus M.L. carcosium, carcasium < ? cadāver |
PGmc *brōþar | brotherly | fraternal | frāternus |
Old English budda Old English bitela | bug beetle | insect | insectum |
Old English byldan PGmc *raizijaną Old Norse reisa | build rear raise | construct | cōnstruere < com + struere |
Old English bysig + nisse PGmc *under + *takaną PGmc *nutō | business undertaking note | affair enterprise | ad + facere Fr. entre + prendre |
PGmc *bugjaną Old English copian | buy cop | purchase | pro- + V.L. *captiare |
WGmc *kalbam | calf | veal | vitellus, vitulus |
PGmc *kallōjaną + *-unga Middle English jobbe PGmc *lība- + *werką PGmc *lība- + *laidō PGmc *libēn- + *-unga | calling job lifework livelihood living | career profession vocation occupation employment | L.L. carrāria (via) < Celtic M.L. professiō vocātiō occupātiō implicāre + -mentum |
PGmc *kattuz | cat | felid, feline | fēlis |
Frankish *gram, *grinjan PGmc *maganą PGmc *skamō | chagrin dismay shame | displeasure dissatisfaction | dis- + L placēre dis- + L satisfactiō |
PGmc *skihaną (Middle High German schicken) PGmc *trandijaną PGmc *wagōną (Old Saxon wogōn) PGmc *dapraz (via Middle Dutch dapper) Middle English dasshen (< Danish daske) PGmc *swankianą PGmc *ūp + *tūnaz, *tūną | chic trendy in vogue dapper dashing swanky uptown | elegant fashionable stylish | ēlegāns < ēlegere factiō < facere stylus, stilus |
PGmc *kelþaz PGmc *barną Middle English babe + -y PGmc *kidją (via Old Norse kið) Middle English newborn | child bairn baby kid newborn | infant neonate | īnfāns neonātus |
PGmc *keusaną PGmc *pikkaną PGmc *walą (Old Norse val) | choose pick wale | opt select | optare sēlēctus < sēligere < sē- + legere |
PGmc *karzjaną | chore | task | M.L. tasca |
PGmc *kaldaz PGmc *kaliz + *-igaz PGmc *freusaną | cold chilly freezing | frigid | frigidus |
PGmc *kwemaną PGmc *landijaną PGmc *raikijaną PGmc *getaną WGmc *makōjan | come land reach get to make (to a place) | arrive | ad + ripa |
PGmc *kūz PGmc *bulô PGmc *nautą PGmc *uhsô PGmc *steuraz PGmc *wīsundaz (Old High German wisunt) Old High German ūrohso | cow bull neat ox steer bison aurochs | beef cattle | bōs/bovis V.L. capitale |
PGmc *dagaz + *likaz | daily | diurnal quotidian | diurnalis |
PGmc *daudaz + *likaz PGmc *banô + *fullaz | deadly baneful | mortal fatal | mortālis fatum |
PGmc *dōmjaną Frankish *wardōn PGmc *haldaną PGmc *fōlijaną PGmc *bi- + *þankijaną | deem regard hold feel bethink | judge consider esteem | iūdicāre consīderāre aestimāre |
PGmc *deuzą PGmc *hirutaz PGmc *dajjǭ (Old English dā) PGmc *hindō PGmc *staggijô PGmc *raihą PGmc *bukkaz | deer hart doe hind stag roe buck | venison | venātiō/nis |
PGmc *gamainijaz PGmc *bī- + *lūtilaz PGmc *putōną+ *dūn PGmc *lēgaz | demean, bemean belittle put down lower | debase, abase degrade humiliate | L.L. bassus < Oscan or Celtic L.L. dēgradāre < dē- + gradus L.L. humiliātus < humiliāre < humilis |
PGmc *dōną PGmc *frumjaną, *framjaną PGmc *under + *takaną | do perform undertake | execute dispatch | M.L. execūtāre < ex(s)equī O.Fr. despeechier < des- + L.L. -pedicāre |
Old English docga PGmc *hundaz | dog hound | canid, canine | canis |
PGmc *drunkiz PGmc *sweljaną Old High German garo + ūz Old Norse ves + heill PGmc *sūpaną | drink swill carouse wassail sup, sip | imbibe beverage | imbibere < in + bibere |
PGmc *dūbǭ | dove | pigeon culver | V.L. pibionem columbula |
PGmc *ernustuz PGmc *grimmaz PGmc *sternijaz | earnest grim stern | serious grave sober | L.L. sēriōsus gravis sōbrius |
PGmc *dritō PGmc *erþō PGmc *landą PGmc *grunduz PGmc *landą + *skapiz | dirt earth land ground landscape | terrain | terrenum < terra |
PGmc *austrōnijaz PGmc *austrą + *līkaz PGmc *austrą + *warþaz | eastern easterly eastward | oriental | orīri |
PGmc *etaną PGmc *suppaną PGmc *brekaną + *brauþą PGmc *bankiz PGmc *fōdijaną Middle Dutch snacken PGmc *swelganą PGmc *hnaskwajaną PGmc *takaną + *in PGmc *bītaną PGmc *skirfaną (Old English sceorfan) | eat sup break bread banquet feed snack swallow nosh take in bite scarf | dine consume devour ingest | V.L. diseieunare < dis + ieiunare consūmere dēvorāre ingestus < ingerere |
PGmc *aldiz, *aldō PGmc *lībą + *tīmô PGmc *lībą + *spannō | eld lifetime lifespan | age | aevitās ( < aevum) + -age |
PGmc *andijōną PGmc *fullfuljaną PGmc *haldaną PGmc *wrappaną PGmc *stuppōaną PGmc *bilinnaną | end fulfill halt wrap up stop blin | finish complete discontinue terminate | fīnīre complēre dis- + continuāre |
PGmc *ebnaz PGmc *flataz PGmc *smōþijaz PGmc *in + *līnǭ PGmc *līnǭ + *ūp PGmc *stadō + *-igaz | even flat smooth in line lined up steady | level planar equal | V.L. *lībellum < lībella L.L. plānāris < plānum aequālis < aequus |
PGmc *faraną Middle Dutch trecken PGmc *gēną + *ana + *braiþaz PGmc *takaną + *trap- Old Norse rāfa Frankish *wala | fare trek go abroad take a trip rove gallivant | travel journey voyage | V.L. *trepaliāre V.L. *diurnāta viāticum |
PGmc *fastuz PGmc *hraþa PGmc *snellaz PGmc *kwikwaz PGmc *swīpaną PGmc *spōdigaz, *spēdigaz | fast rathe, rather snell quick swift speedy | rapid | rapidus |
PGmc *fadar + *likaz | fatherly fatherlike | paternal | paternus |
WGmc *fōlijan PGmc *gawaraz PGmc *tukkaną, *takaną | feeling awareness touch | sentiment sensation | sensus, sentiō |
PGmc *fullijaą + *up PGmc *stukkaz PGmc *niwjaną | fill up stock renew | replenish | re + plēnus |
PGmc *furistaz PGmc *frumistaz PGmc *maginą | first foremost main | primary | prīmus |
PGmc *floþuz PGmc *hwelbaną PGmc *ubersatjaną | flood overwhelm overset | inundate | inundāre < in + unda |
PGmc *faihaz PGmc *fijandz | foe fiend | enemy adversary opponent | in + amīcus adversus oppōnēns |
PGmc *fulgiją Old Norse traþk | follow track | ensue | in- + sequi |
PGmc *formo- PGmc *airis- + *hwīlo PGmc *fure- + *gēnþjaz Old English hwīlum | former erstwhile foregoing, aforegoing whilom | previous preceding | praevius < prae- + via praecēdere < prae- + cēdere |
PGmc *fur-*biudan PGmc *bannan- PGmc *fura- + *stallaz | forbid ban forestall | prohibit prevent interdict | prohibēre < pro + habēre praevenīre inter + dicere, dictus |
PGmc *fura- + Old Norse kasta PGmc *ūt + *lōkōjanan | forecast outlook | projection | prōjectiō < prō + iacere |
PGmc *fura + *taljanan PGmc *sanþaz + *sagjanan PGmc *fura- +*buþanan PGmc *fura- +*skadwōjanan | foretell soothsay forebode foreshadow | predict | praedīcere |
PGmc *frijaz | freedom | liberty | lībertās < līber |
PGmc *frijond + *likaz PGmc *gakundan + *līkaz PGmc *warmaz | friendly kindly warm | amicable | amīcus |
Frankish *gardo, gardin- PGmc *garda WGmc *parruk Old English pund- Old English pearroc | garden yard park pound paddock | court enclosure | co- + hortus in- + claudere |
PGmc *gadurojan PGmc *far- + *gadurojan PGmc *gadurojan + *ūp PGmc *kruppaz Old English clyster PGmc *lisanan | gather forgather gather up group cluster lease | assemble | ad + simul |
PGmc *giftiz PGmc *sali- | gift handsel | present | prae- + essere |
PGmc *geban PGmc *gafurþojan WGmc*frumjana | give afford furnish | provide | pro + vidēre |
PGmc *glaþaz PGmc *bliþiz PGmc *fagaraz PGmc *murgijaz PGmc *wunjo-samaz PGmc *hapan PGmc *gliujan PGmc *þurilam (via Old English þyrel) PGmc *kwēmiaz | gladness bliss fairness merriment, mirth winsomeness happiness glee thrill queem | joy felicity pleasure delight | gaudium fēlīcitās placēre dēlēctāre |
PGmc *guþan PGmc *guþan + *haiduz | god, goddess godhead | deity divine | deus dīvīnus |
PGmc *gōdaz PGmc *welō(n) PGmc *hilpō + *fullaz PGmc *gagniz + *fullaz PGmc *hailaz + *samaz PGmc *werþan + *hwīlō | good well helpful gainful wholesome worthwhile | beneficial | beneficium |
WGmc *gēnan + PGmc *an PGmc *wandjanan | go on wend | proceed | pro- + cedere |
WGmc *grōnja- PGmc *laskaz | green lush | verdant | viridis |
PGmc *getiskanan PGmc *faþmaz PGmc *swumto- Frankish *galgo | guess fathom sound gauge | estimate | aestimare |
PGmc *harjaz + *berg PGmc *hafnaz | harbour haven | port | portus |
PGmc *harþuz + *skapiz PGmc *uzdailjam | hardship ordeal | difficulty | difficultās |
PGmc *hatojanan PGmc *laiþojanan PGmc *skarn- (Frankish *skern) | hate loathe scorn | detest | de- + testari |
PGmc *hauhiþa PGmc *luftuz | height loftiness | altitude elevation | altitūdō (< altus) |
PGmc *helpan PGmc *ūz- + *baitjanan (Frankish *bētan) PGmc *gebanan + *handuz PGmc *bī + *standanan PGmc *bī + *stadiz | help abet give a hand bestand bestead | assist | assistere < ad + sistere |
WGmc *hannja | hen | pullet | pullus |
PGmc *harjaz PGmc *fardíz | here ferd | army militia | ML. armāta mīlitia |
PGmc *hulnis PGmc *bergaz PGmc *mundō PGmc *dūnō, dūnaz | hill barrow mound down, dune | mount | mōns, montis |
PGmc *hailagaz + *dagaz WGmc *lauba PGmc *brekan WGmc *fur- + *lauba | holiday leave break furlough | vacation | vacātiō |
PGmc *hailagaz PGmc *gahailagōiðaz | holy hallowed | sacred | sacrāre |
PGmc *aujo + *landom PGmc *aujo PGmc *hulmaz | island ait, eyot holm | isle | insula |
PGmc *hūsą (via Old English hūs) | house | domicile | house, home, dwelling |
WGmc *jukkjan PGmc *wurkijanan (via Old Norse yrkja) WGmc *taisijanan WGmc *fur-etanan PGmc *grellanan | itch irk tease fret grill | irritate | irritāre |
PGmc gakundiz Old English ilca PGmc *brandaz PGmc *brōd- PGmc *sat- PGmc *streun- Frankish *tīr PGmc *līkaz | kind ilk brand breed set strain tier like | type class sort genre | typus < Gk typos classis sors genera |
PGmc *knoean PGmc *witanan PGmc *spehōjanan (Frankish *spehōn) PGmc *sputtōn PGmc *taljanan | know wit/wot espy spot tell | recognize | re + cognoscere |
PGmc *lataz PGmc *latjanan | late delayed | tardy | tardus |
PGmc *lagan (Old Norse lag) + *-fullaz PGmc *gastrahtaz PGmc *fagraz PGmc *rehtaz PGmc *gasundas PGmc *gamaitijaz PGmc *warjanan (Frankish *warand) PGmc *fittjanan | lawful straight fair right, rightful sound meet warranted fitting | legal legitimate, legit just proper | lēgālis M.L. lēgitimātus < lēgitimāre jūstus < jūs proprius |
PGmc *laiþjan PGmc *kuningaz PGmc *haubuþan PGmc *biron PGmc *erloz PGmc *markō | leader king head baron earl marquis | chief captain emperor count duke prince president | caput imperator comes dux princeps praesidēns |
PGmc *langiþo | length | longitude | longitūdō (< longus) |
PGmc *legjan PGmc *rastjō, rastō PGmc *hlinojanan | lie (down) rest lean (back) | repose recline | re- + pausa re- + clinare |
PGmc *lubo Middle English fond, fonned | loving fond | amorous | amōrōsus |
PGmc *managaz PGmc *manigaz + *falþaz PGmc *rīfiz PGmc *taumijanþjaz | many manifold rife teeming | multiple numerous abundant copious | multi + plūs numerosus abundantem copiosus |
PGmc *ga-makon PGmc *fittjanan PGmc *andswarōjanan + *tō | match fit answer to | correspond | con + respondēre |
WGmc *mainijan PGmc *be- + *taiknjanan PGmc *standanan + *fura PGmc *ahtalōnan | mean betoken stand for ettle | intend signify | intendere significare |
PGmc *motijan PGmc *hitjanan (Old Norse hitta) | meet hit | encounter | incontrāre < in + contrā |
PGmc *medjaz + *dagaz | midday | noon | nona |
Old Norse mistaka PGmc *blundaz (Old Norse blundra) PGmc *wrangiþō | mistake blunder wrength | error | error (< errāre) |
PGmc *mōdar + *likaz | motherly | maternal | māternus |
PGmc *nēhwaz PGmc *nēhwizáz | nigh near | close circa approximate | clausus circum + eā approximatus |
PGmc *neujaz PGmc *friskaz PGmc *nū | new fresh now | novel modern | novus modernus |
PGmc *naht + *likaz | nightly | nocturnal | nocturnus |
PGmc *nurþrōnijaz | northern | septentrional | septentriōnēs |
WGmc *alda PGmc *stal-, *sta- PGmc *aldizo + *līkaz PGmc *jǣron | old stale elderly of yore | ancient antediluvian | V.L. *anteanus < ante ante + diluvium |
PGmc *anþaraz PGmc *aljaz | other else | different alternative | differre alterare |
PGmc *ufnaz PGmc *herþaz PGmc *stubō PGmc *aistō PGmc *smiþjon | oven hearth stove oast smithy, smithery | kiln furnace | culina fornax |
PGmc *raidō PGmc *wegaz PGmc *bulaz + *werkam PGmc *drībanan PGmc *paþaz PGmc *strātō | road way boulevard drive path street | route avenue itinerary | rupta itinerantem |
PGmc *rutjan PGmc *be- + *fūljanan PGmc *be- + *fūlaz | rot defile befoul | putrefy | putrefacere |
Old English sǣ | sea | ocean | ōceanus, from Greek Oceanus |
PGmc *sehwan PGmc *kanjanan | see ken | perceive | per- + capere |
Old Norse *sœma PGmc *lōkōjanan | seem look | appear | apparere |
PGmc *seuþanan Middle English bublelen (Middle Low German bubeln) | seethe bubble | boil | bullīre |
PGmc *selbaz + *haiduz PGmc *galīkaz + *-nassus PGmc *selbaz + *dōmaz | selfhood likeness selfdom | identity | L.L. identitās < idem et idem + -itās |
PGmc *selbaz + *samaz | selfsame | identical | M.L. identicus + -al |
PGmc *saljanan Old Saxon *trada PGmc *dailjanan + *in Frankish *borganjan | sell trade deal in bargain | vend | vendere < venum + dare |
PGmc *skapjanan PGmc *buþlam (Old English bold) PGmc *ūt + *līniōn | shape build outline | form | forma |
WGmc *skæpa PGmc *lambaz | sheep lamb | mutton | M.L. multō (< Celtic) |
PGmc *skoppan | shop | store | instaurare |
WGmc *skuttjan | shut | close | clausus |
PGmc *skeuh(w)az | shy | timid | timidus |
PGmc *sehwiþō PGmc *sehwanan PGmc *kannijanan | sight seeing ken | vision | vidēre/vīsum |
PGmc *skaljo PGmc *krab-, kraf- PGmc *kunnanan PGmc *listiz | skill craft cunning list | art science | ars scientia |
PGmc *skaljo + *fullaz PGmc *krab-, kraf- + *-igaz PGmc *gadaftjaz | skillful crafty deft | adept | adeptus < adipiscī |
PGmc *slǣpanþiaz PGmc *slūmerianþiaz PGmc *īdalaz PGmc *falgō | sleeping slumbering idle fallow | dormant hibernate torpid | dormiēns hībernātus torpidus |
PGmc *smæl PGmc *lūtilaz PGmc *tindaz Old English wēg, wǣge | small little tiny wee | minute petite diminutive | minūtus < minuere pitinnus diminutivus |
PGmc *snakon PGmc *wurmiz | snake worm | serpent | serpens |
PGmc *surgo PGmc *karō PGmc *wai | sorrow care woe | grief | OFr grever < L gravare < gravis |
PGmc *sunþrōnijaz | southern | meridional | merīdiēs |
PGmc *sprekanan PGmc *taljanan WGmc *prātana | speak talk prate, prattle | converse discourse communication dictation | con- + vertere dis- + currere communicare dictātiō |
PGmc *stund- PGmc *tīmēn, tīma- PGmc *tīþiz PGmc *hwīlō Old English þrāg Old English spelian PGmc *stuntjanan | stound time tide while throw spell stint | hour moment interval | hōra < Gk hṓra mōmentum intervallum |
PGmc *sundrigaz PGmc *miskjanan | sundry mixed | various miscellaneous | varius miscellus |
PGmc *swīnam PGmc *farhaz PGmc *sugō WGmc *bairaz Old English picg- Old English hogg | swine farrow sow boar pig hog | pork | porcus |
PGmc *taikijanan WGmc *skauwojanan PGmc *laizjanan | teach show lear, lere | educate | ēdūcāre < ēdūcere |
PGmc *taljanan PGmc *kunþjanan PGmc *makojanan *(ga)knēwanaz | tell kithe make known | relate narrate | relatus < re- + ferre narrare |
PGmc *þankjan PGmc *(ga)þāht- + *-fullaz PGmc *(ga)mentþijan + *-fullaz | thinking thoughtful mindful | pensive | pēnsāre |
PGmc *(ga)þāhtan Early Modern English hinch PGmc *inkēn PGmc *kliwjo- | thought hunch inkling clue | idea | idea < Gk idea |
PGmc *þreutanan PGmc *pleg- PGmc *fēraz | threat plight fear | danger peril menace | V.L. *dominarium < dominus periculum minaciae < minari |
PGmc *taiknan PGmc *markō PGmc *hallō + *markō PGmc *huntōjanan PGmc *stampōjanan | token mark hallmark hint stamp | sign symbol trace indication | signum symbolum < Gk sýmbolon V.L. *tractiāre indicātiō |
PGmc *tungon PGmc *sprǣkijō PGmc *talō | tongue speech talk | language | V.L. *linguaticum < L. lingua |
PGmc *twinjaz PGmc *twai + PGmc *-falþaz PGmc *twī- | twin twofold twi- | double duplicate | duplus duplicātus < duplicāre < duplex |
PGmc *under + *standan PGmc *getanan PGmc *graipisōn | understand get grasp | comprehend | comprehendere |
PGmc *ūp- + *haldanan PGmc *bolhstraz PGmc *beranan + *up- PGmc *under + *gurþjanan PGmc *ūp + beranan WGmc skor- + up PGmc *stagaz (Frankish *staka) | uphold bolster bear up undergird upbear shore up stay | support | supportāre |
PGmc *up- + *luftijan PGmc *raizjan | uplifting raising, rearing | elevating | ē- + levāre |
PGmc *ūtizon PGmc *sagjanan | utter say | pronounce | pro- + nuntiare |
PGmc *ūtizon WGmc *alnaz + *tō-gaduraz PGmc *fullīkō PGmc *hailaz +*līkō | utterly altogether fully wholly | totally | tōtālis |
PGmc *wadjojan PGmc *mizdō, meidō PGmc *hūrja |
wage meed hire | salary | salārium |
PGmc *wakan PGmc *bīdanan Old English tergan PGmc *woenijanan | wait, await bide tarry ween | expect | ex + spectāre |
WGmc *warnōjanan + *-unga PGmc *tupp- + *af- | warning tip off | notice alert recommendation admonition | nōtitia It all'erta < L ērigere M.L. recommendātiō admonitiō |
PGmc *watskanan PGmc *klainisōn PGmc *hrainisōn PGmc *labōjanan PGmc *baðojanan PGmc *skrubbanan | wash cleanse rinse lave bathe scrub | launder | M.L. lavandāria < lavare |
PGmc *wakan PGmc *kōpjanan PGmc *behaldanan | watch keep behold | observe supervise | ob + servāre super + videre |
PGmc *wakanan PGmc *wakanþjaz PGmc *warō + *-igaz | watchful waking wary | vigilant | vigilāre |
PGmc *wadjōjanan | wed | marry | marītāre |
PGmc *wadjō + *laikaz | wedlock | marriage | V.L. *maritaticum |
PGmc *wurdiz PGmc *framiþjaz PGmc *uzdaz PGmc *þwerhwaz PGmc *unkunþaz Old English ūtlendisc PGmc *alja- + *rīkjan PGmc *argaz PGmc *faigjáz | weird fremd odd queer uncouth outlandish eldritch eerie fey | strange | extrāneus |
PGmc *weralþeilīkaz PGmc *erþō + *likaz | worldly earthly | mundane secular
| L.L. mundānus < mundus saeculāris |
PGmc *wopijanan PGmc *grētanan Old Norse baula Old Norse vǣla PGmc *hwīnanan PGmc *krītanan PGmc *murnanan PGmc *siubanan, *seubōnan, *subōjanan | weep greet (cry), regret bawl wail whine cry mourn sob | lament deplore | lāmentārī < lāmentum dēplōrāre < dē- + plōrāre |
PGmc *gawehtiz + *-igaz WGmc *mainijanan + *-unga + *fullaz PGmc *ki- (Old English cǣġe) | weighty meaningful key | important grave | importāns gravis |
PGmc *westrōnijaz PGmc *westrą + *līkaz PGmc *westrą + *warþaz | western westerly westward | occidental | occidere |
PGmc *(ga)hailaz | whole | entire | integer |
PGmc *wīdas PGmc *braiþiþō PGmc *spannō | width breadth span | latitude | latitūdō (< latus) |
PGmc *wilþjiaz PGmc *faliz PGmc *grimmaz | wild fell grim | savage feral | silvaticus < silva fera |
PGmc *wīsaz PGmc *klufraz PGmc *in + *gasihþ + *fullaz PGmc *in + *leuhtam PGmc *kōniz PGmc *knoeanan + *laikam PGmc *skreuwon | wise clever insightful enlightened keen knowledgeable shrewd | prudent intelligent sapient | prudēns < providēns intelligēns sapiēns |
PGmc *wunskjan PGmc *weljanan PGmc *gernjanan PGmc *langojanan PGmc *lustuz PGmc *wana-, wanēn (Old Norse vanta) | wish will yearning longing lust want | desire cupidity | desiderāre cupiditās |
Old English *wīfman + PGmc *likaz WGmc *gurilā + PGmc *-iskaz | womanly girlish | feminine | femininus |
PGmc *widuz PGmc *hulto- PGmc *walþuz WGmc *busk PGmc *graibō PGmc *bruskaz PGmc *þekwatjan (Old English þiccet) PGmc *furhiþō (Old English fyrhþ) PGmc *skagjan | wood (a wood) holt weald/wold bush, boscage grove brush thicket frith shaw | forest copse, coppice | M.L. *foresta, partially < L.L. forestis; partially < Frankish *forhist V.L. *colpaticium |
PGmc *wurdan + PGmc *bōkiz | wordbook | dictionary | dictiōnārium |
PGmc *werkan PGmc *dreuganan PGmc *swinkanan | work drudge, drudgery swink | labor | labor |
PGmc *wrītanan + *-unga PGmc *gawritan | writing writ | script | scrīptum < scrībere |
PGmc *wurdiz PGmc *dōmaz | wyrd doom | fate destiny | fatum dēstināre |
PGmc *jǣram + *likaz | yearly | annual | annalis |
WGmc *gelwa | yellow | ochre | ochra < Gk ṓkhra |
WGmc *jugunþiz + *fullaz PGmc *jungas | youthful young | juvenile immature | iuvenis immātūrus < in- + mātūrus |
PGmc *juwunþiz PGmc *tehuniz + *haiduz | youth teenhood | adolescence | adolescere < ad- + alescere |