English worse

← Old English wiersa (inherited)

← Middle English worse (inherited)

← Middle English werse (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *wirsizô (inherited)

← Dutch wers (cognate)

→ English war (link)

→ English worsen (suffix)

→ English worser (suffix)

→ English worseness (suffix)

→ English worsely (suffix)

→ Danish værre (cognate)

→ French guerre (link)

→ Dutch wers (cognate)