Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wedr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wedrą, whence also Old Norse veðr.

Noun

*wedr n

weather

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wedr
Genitive	*wedras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wedr	*wedru
Accusative	*wedr	*wedru
Genitive	*wedras	*wedrō
Dative	*wedrē	*wedrum
Instrumental	*wedru	*wedrum

Derived terms

*unwedr (“bad weather”)

Descendants

Old English: weder
- Middle English: weder, wethyr
  - English: weather
  - Scots: weddir, wethir, wathir
Old Frisian: weder, wedder
- Saterland Frisian: Weeder
- West Frisian: waar
Old Saxon: wedar
- German Low German: Weder
  Plautdietsch: [Term?]
Old Dutch: wedar
- Dutch: weder, weer
  - Afrikaans: weer
Old High German: wetar, *wedar
- Middle High German: weter (classical), wetter (late), weder (Central German)
  - Alemannic German: Wätter
    Swabian: [Term?]
  - Bavarian: Wetta
    Austrian: Weda
    Cimbrian: bèttar
    Mòcheno: [Term?]
  - Central Franconian: Wedder, Wäder, Weader, Wäer
    Hunsrik: Wetter
    Luxembourgish: Wieder
    Transylvanian Saxon: Wadder, Wodder
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon: Wättr
  - East Franconian: [Term?]
  - German: Wetter
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Wedder
  - Yiddish: וועטער‎ (veter)