-waarts
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch -waerts < -weerts < -werts, from an adverbial genitive of Proto-Germanic *werdaz, byform of *wardaz (“turned to, facing”). Cognate with German -wärts, English -wards.
Suffix
[edit]-waarts
- in or towards the direction referred to by the stem onto which this suffix has been appended; the resulting word is an adverb or adjective
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch suffixes
- Dutch adjective-forming suffixes
- Dutch adverb-forming suffixes