wers-

To confuse, mix up. Compare ers-.

I. Suffixed basic form.

1.

a. war, from Old North French werre, war;

b. guerrilla, from Spanish guerra, war. Both a and b from Germanic *werra-, from *werz-a-.

2. worse, from Old English wyrsa, worse, from Germanic comparative *wers-izōn-.

3. worst, from Old English wyrsta, worst, from Germanic superlative *wers-istaz.

II. Suffixed zero-grade form *wr̥s-ti-. wurst; liverwurst, from Old High German wurst, sausage (< “mixture”), from Germanic *wursti-.

 

[Pokorny u̯ers- 1169.]

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