grace

ENTRY:

gwer-2

DEFINITION:

To favor.
Oldest form *gwer2-.
1. Suffixed zero-grade form *gw-to-.
grace, grateful, gratify, gratis, gratitude, gratuitous, gratuity; agree, congratulate, disgrace, ingrate, ingratiate, maugre,
from Latin grtus, pleasing, beloved, agreeable, favorable, thankful, with related suffixed forms *gw-ti-, *gw-t--, *gw-t-olo-.

2. Probably compound zero-grade form *gw-dh()-o-, “he who makes praises” (*-dh()-, to do; see dh-).
bard1, from Welsh bardd and Scottish and Irish Gaelic bard, bard, from Celtic bardo-, bard. (Pokorny 4. ger()- 478.)