thwerh

See also: ðwerh

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

ðwerh

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þwerh (“against, contrary”). Cognate with Old English þweorh and Dutch dwars.

Adjective

thwerh

contrary, against
bent, crooked

Descendants

Middle Low German: dwer, dwers, queer
- Low German: dweer, dwars, quars; (> verquars)
  - → German: verquast
- → Middle English: dwere, dwire
- → Scots: queer
  - → English: queer, qwer
    - → German: queer, Queer
    - → Swedish: queer

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