Etymograph

English

wor

Wor may come from Old Norse várr ‘our’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350várr1‘our’uncertain
  2. Englishtodaywor1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English wor

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350várrWiktionary, English wor‘our’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayworWiktionary, English wor

The story

Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (‘our’) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our).

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *unseraz ‘our, ours’

our, 1 more

Today it means

det Our.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “wor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old Norse várr / wor

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