Word Family - Warlock

Introduction

"Warlock" originally meant "oathbreaker", a compound of *wērō: "truth, oath" and *lugô: "liar". Here I have the families for both pieces of the compound.

There also used to be a related word in Old English þēodloga, which I am quite fond of. It would have been thedelock in English, and I translate it as "arch-traitor" or "liar-general".

Teaser

very, verify, Varangian, warlock

lie, warlock

Full Text

  • Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ true apparently LNWPIE
    • Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros true adjective
      • Celtic *wīros true
        • Brythonic *gwir
          • Welsh gwir true, certain, truly, justice
        • Old Irish fír true, truth
          • Irish fíor true, correct, real, truth, honor
      • Germanic *wēraz true, reliable, friendly
        • West Germanic *wār
          • Old English wǣr true, correct
          • Frankish *wari
            • Dutch waar true, authentic
          • Old High German wār true
            • German wahr true
        • Germanic *alla-wēraz
          • East Germanic
            • Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 allawērei sincerity, agreeability "all-true, all-friendly"
          • North Germanic
            • Old Norse alvara
              • Danish alvor seriousness, earnestness
              • Icelandic alvara seriousness, earnestness
      • Italic *wēros true
        • Latin vērus true, actual, genuine, suitable, just
          • Central Romance
            • Italian vero true, real
          • Western Romance
            • French voir truth
            • Spanish vero true, real
          • Latin vērāx truthful
            • Vulgar Latin *vērācus
              • Central Romance
                • Italian verace true, honest, genuine
              • Western Romance
                • Old French verai real, genuine
                  • French vrai true, real
                  • Dutch fraai beautiful, fancy, nice
                  • English very
                • Spanish veraz truthful
              • English veracious
              • Medieval Latin vērācitās
                • Old French
                  • French véracité veracity, authenticity
                  • English veracity
          • Latin vērificō
            • French vérifier
              • English verify
          • Latin vērisimilis
            • Latin vērisimilitūdō
              • English verisimilitude
          • Latin vēritās
            • Central Romance
              • Italian verità
            • Western Romance
              • French vérité
              • Spanish verdad
          • Latin verum truly, reality, fact
            • Latin (ad) de vērum
              • Eastern Romance
                • Romanian adevăr truth
              • Western Romance
                • Spanish (a) de veras really, truly
      • Proto-Indo-European *weh₁reti trusts de-adjectival verb
        • Balto-Slavic
          • Slavic *věriti
            • East Slavic
              • Russian ве́рить véritʹ to believe to trust
              • East Slavic *do-věriti
                • Ukrainian довіря́ти dovirjáty to trust, to confide
            • South Slavic
              • Serbo-Croatian вје̏рити vjȅriti to engage, to betroth
            • West Slavic
              • Polish wierzyć rely, believe, trust
      • Proto-Indo-European *weh₁reh₂ a truth, a trust de-adjectival noun
        • Balto-Slavic *wēˀrāˀ
          • Slavic *vě̀ra belief, faith
            • East Slavic вѣра věra
              • Russian ве́ра véra faith, trust, religion
              • Ukrainian ві́ра víra faith, belief, creed, confidence
          • South Slavic
            • Old Church Slavonic вѣра věra faith, belief
            • Serbo-Croatian вје̏ра vjȅra belief, faith, religion
          • West Slavic
            • Polish wiara belief, faith, creed, trust, confidence
              • Polish wiarołomca traitor lit. "trust-breaker" [1]
        • Germanic *wērō truth, pledge
          • North Germanic
            • Old Norse vár pledge
              • Old Norse Vár Divinity of oaths and agreements
              • Old Norse væringi sworn companion "truth-gang"
                • Byzantine Greek Βάραγγος Várangos Varangian
                  • English Varangian
          • West Germanic *wāru
            • Old English wǣr truth, faith, friendship, agreement
            • Old High German wār
            • West Germanic
              • Old English wǣrloga oath-breaker, liar, traitor lit. "truth-liar"
                • English warlock
              • Old High German wārlogo truce-breaker, traitor
  • Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- to lie, to be false also apparently LNWPIE
    • Proto-Indo-European *léwgʰeti
      • Germanic *leuganã to lie
        • East Germanic
          • Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 liugan to lie
        • North Germanic
          • Old Norse ljúga to lie
            • Danish lyve to lie
            • Icelandic ljúga to lie
        • West Germanic
          • Old English lēogan to lie, to be wrong, to deceive
            • English lie
            • Scots lee
          • Frankish *liegan
            • Dutch liegen to lie
          • Old High German liogan
            • German lügen to lie
            • Yiddish לײַגן laygn to lie
    • Proto-Indo-European *lugʰyéti
      • Balto-Slavic
        • Slavic *lъgàti to lie
          • East Slavic лъгати lŭgati
            • Russian лгать lgatʹ to lie
            • Ukrainian лга́ти lháty
          • South Slavic
            • Old Church Slavonic лъгати lŭgati to lie
            • Serbo-Croatian ла̀гати làgati to lie
          • West Slavic
            • Polish łgać to lie
    • Proto-Indo-European *lowgʰnos
      • Germanic *laugnaz concealed
        • East Germanic
          • Gothic *laugns
            • Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐍃 analaugns secret, concealed
        • Germanic *laugnijanã to conceal
          • East Germanic
            • Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 laugnjan
          • North Germanic
            • Old Norse leyna
              • Icelandic leyna to hide, to conceal
          • West Germanic
            • Old English līeġnan to deny
            • Frankish *lōganen
              • Dutch loochenen to deny, to disavow
            • Old High German louganen
              • German leugnen to deny
        • Germanic *laugnō concealment
          • North Germanic
            • Old Norse laun secrecy, concealment
          • West Germanic
            • Old High German lougna
    • Proto-Indo-European *lugʰis lie noun
      • Balto-Slavic
        • Slavic *lъžь
          • East Slavic лъжь lŭžĭ
            • Russian ложь ložʹ lie
            • Ukrainian лож lož lie
          • South Slavic
            • Serbo-Croatian ла̑ж lȃž lie
          • Slavic *lъžujьkъ March lit. "deceptive"
            • South Slavic
              • Serbo-Croatian òžujak March
          • West Slavic
            • Old Polish łeż lie
      • Germanic *lugiz lie
        • North Germanic
          • Old Norse
            • Icelandic lygi lie
        • West Germanic
          • Old English lyġe lie
            • English lie
          • Old High German lugī
            • German Lüge lie
            • Yiddish ליגן lign lie
    • Proto-Indo-European *léwgʰō
      • Germanic *lugô liar, traitor
        • North Germanic
          • Old Norse logi
        • West Germanic
          • Old English loga
            • Old English þēodloga liar-general, great traitor, arch-impostor
              • English *thedelock
          • Old High German logo
          • West Germanic
            • Old English wǣrloga oath-breaker, liar, traitor lit. "truth-liar"
              • English warlock
            • Old High German wārlogo truce-breaker, traitor

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Collected English words

very, veracious, veracity, verify, verisimilitude, Varangian, warlock, lie, lie, None

Footnotes

  1. ^

    Polish wiarołomca: "traitor" is literally "trust-breaker", but the word "łomić", "to break" is archaic in Polish—mostly only used in "łom": "crowbar".

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