An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Verweser

by Friedrich Kluge

Verweser, m., ‘administrator, manager,’ cannot of course be derived from the preceding word; it belongs to MidHG. verwësen, ‘to manage, provide, look after’; Goth. *faúrawisan, ‘to manage,’ recalls Goth. *faúragaggja, ‘steward’ (lit. ‘predecessor’); thus the prefixes ver- of the two MidHG. words verwësen are of different origin.