-wards

Etymology
From, from , a variant of ; equivalent to.

Suffix

 * 1) Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

Usage notes

 * The choice between -ward and -wards is individual or dialectal; both are widely used with adverbs, though -ward is heavily favoured for adjectives.
 * Adverbs ending in -wards (Anglo-Saxon ) and some other adverbs, such as, , (earlier ), etc., originated as genitive forms used adverbially.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: -päin
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ־ה,
 * Latvian:
 * Yiddish: אַר־


 * Dutch: