Norwegian Nynorsk var

← English wary (cognate)

← English wary (link)

← English careful (link)

← English nervous (link)

← English timid (link)

← English sensitive (link)

← Proto-Germanic *was (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *waraz (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *wer- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *wer- (root)

← Norwegian Nynorsk føre var (link)

← Norwegian Nynorsk vær (doublet)

← Norwegian Nynorsk putevar (link)

← Norwegian Nynorsk verk (mention)

← Old Norse var (inherited)

← Old Norse varr (inherited)

← Old Norse ver (derived)

← Old Norse verja (mention)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk putevar (affix)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk varsam (suffix)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk varleg (affix)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk varast (mention)