-ward

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wəd/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês arcaico: -weard

Cognato com holandês: -waarts

Cognato com baixo alemão: -warts

Cognato com alemão: -wärts

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: -verðr

Cognato com islandês: -verðr

Cognato com sueco: -vart

Cognato com gótico: -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃

Cognato com latim: vertere

Cognato com sânscrito: 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.

Sinônimos

ward

-wards

Traduções

-wärts

-waarts