-wärts
German (Berlin)
/vɛʁts/
suffix
Definitions
- wards. Forms adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward. The adverbs are formed either from a noun or from a preposition.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *warþ-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*warþ-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ward English
- -wards English
- retrovert English
- versor English
- ante Latin
- trans Latin
- vertere Latin
- vertō Latin
- Abend German
- abendwärts German
- verter Spanish, Castilian
- verter Portuguese
- *wardaz Proto-Germanic
- *warþ- Proto-Germanic
- *werdaz Proto-Germanic
- -weard Old English
- -weardes Old English
- toweard Old English
- indvortes Danish
- -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- -werdes Middle Low German
- in Middle Low German
- *wertō Proto-Italic
- indwortes Old Danish