-ward

(Inglese)

1. (morpheme) Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.
2. (morpheme) Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wəd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese antico: -weard

Affine olandese: -waarts

Affine basso tedesco: -warts

Affine tedesco: -wärts

Affine norse antico: -verðr

Affine islandese: -verðr

Affine svedese: -vart

Affine gotico: -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃

Affine latino: vertere

Affine sanscrito: वर्तते

In summary

From Old English -weard, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, earlier *warþaz (“turned toward, in the direction of, facing”) (compare -wards, from -weardes).
Cognate with Dutch -waarts, Low German -warts, German -wärts, Old Norse -verðr, Icelandic -verðr, Swedish -vart, Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), Latin vertere (“to turn”) or versus (“toward”), and Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”). Also related to worth (“to become”). Compare verse.

sinonimi

ward

-wards

Traduzioni

-wärts

-waarts