weorpan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to throw
- to cast into a form or shape
- to cast cast or drive out, eject
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *werpaną (throw, cast, turn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (turn, bend, twist, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*werb-
Gloss
turn, bend, twist, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- verber Latin
- verpa Latin
- werfen German
- déguerpir French
- ῥάπτω Ancient Greek
- ῥέμβη Ancient Greek
- ῥέμβω Ancient Greek
- ῥεμβώδης Ancient Greek
- *werb- Proto-Indo-European
- *werbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wrembh- Proto-Indo-European
- *warpą Proto-Germanic
- *werpaną Proto-Germanic
- *wlappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wrappan- Proto-Germanic
- *wrappaną Proto-Germanic
- *wurpiz Proto-Germanic
- beweorpan Old English
- forweorpan Old English
- geweorpan Old English
- oferweorpan Old English
- ofweorpan Old English
- onweorpan Old English
- toweorpan Old English
- wiþweorpan Old English
- ymbweorpan Old English
- forwerpen Middle English
- verpa Old Norse
- verpill Old Norse
- muldvarp Danish
- guerpir Old French
- verpa Icelandic
- *werpan Old High German
- werfan Old High German
- verpa Faroese
- werfen Middle High German
- werfen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- déguerpir Middle French
- guerpir Middle French
- 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- werpan Old Dutch
- werpan Old Saxon
- værpa Old Swedish
- *werpijan Frankish
- *wurpijan Frankish
- werpa Old Frisian
- *awa-rapa Proto-Albanian
- wærpæ Old Danish