Werft
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- shipyard place where ships are built and repaired
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German werf derived from Old Saxon hwerf (wharf) derived from Dutch, Flemish werf (wharf) derived from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną (turn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwerbaną
Gloss
turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wharf English
- wharfage English
- wharfie English
- wharfing English
- wharflike English
- wharfman English
- wharfmaster English
- wharfside English
- werben German
- bouwwerf Dutch, Flemish
- dikwerf Dutch, Flemish
- scheepswerf Dutch, Flemish
- timmerwerf Dutch, Flemish
- werf Dutch, Flemish
- верфь Russian
- *hwerbaną Proto-Germanic
- varv Swedish
- hwearf Old English
- hwearfan Old English
- hweorfan Old English
- wharf Middle English
- hvarf Old Norse
- hverfa Old Norse
- hvirfla Old Norse
- werf Middle Dutch
- 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wervan Old Dutch
- werf Middle Low German
- hwerf Old Saxon
- hwervan Old Saxon
- ihhofu Zulu
- o̧b Marshallese
- wab Marshallese
- wap Tok Pisin