< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weþruz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus (“calf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweθ.ruz/
Noun
*weþruz m
- yearling lamb
- wether, ram
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *weþruz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *weþruz | *wiþriwiz | |
vocative | *weþru | *wiþriwiz | |
accusative | *weþrų | *weþrunz | |
genitive | *weþrauz | *wiþriwǫ̂ | |
dative | *wiþriwi | *weþrumaz | |
instrumental | *weþrū | *weþrumiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *weþru
- Old English: weþer
- Middle English: wether, wethir, wedyr
- English: wether, wedder (dialectal)
- Scots: weddir, woddir, wadder
- Middle English: wether, wethir, wedyr
- Old Frisian: *wether
- Saterland Frisian: Weeder, Weer
- West Frisian: wear
- Old Saxon: wethar, withar
- Middle Low German: weder, wedder
- German Low German: Weer
- Middle Low German: weder, wedder
- Old Dutch: wither
- Middle Dutch: wēder, weer
- Dutch: weder, weer
- Middle Dutch: wēder, weer
- Old High German: widar
- Middle High German: wider
- German: Widder
- Luxembourgish: Widder
- Yiddish: ווידער (vider)
- Middle High German: wider
- Old English: weþer
- Old Norse: veðr
- Icelandic: veður
- Faroese: veðrur, veður (rare)
- Norwegian Bokmål: vær
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr
- Old Swedish: væþur
- Swedish: vädur
- Danish: væder, vædder
- Gutnish: vädrä
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus)
- → Proto-Samic: *vierccë (see there for further descendants)