Adjective: weer
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | weerer |
| Superlative | weerest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
Adjectives inflected like weer
sallow,
smooth,
slight,
sleigh,
sordid,
somber,
shweet,
shrill,
shrewd,
yellow,
yaller,
hard knock,
DRY,
Greek,
cut short,
unquiet,
unclean,
indiscreet,
chipper,
straicht, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros
3. Proto-Germanic *wēraz
4. Proto-West Germanic *wār
5. Old English wær
6. English weer
7. Inherited from Old English wær, from Proto-West Germanic *wār, from Proto-Germanic *wēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. This word had always meant “true” ever since PIE times. It is cognate with German wahr, Dutch waar (“true”) and Latin verus (whence verity, verify and very), all likewise meaning “true”. See: German Adjectives '
wahr', Dutch Adjectives '
waar', Latin Adjectives '
verus'.