Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weþru

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 *weþruz.

Noun

*weþru m

yearling lamb
wether, ram

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weþru
Genitive	*weþrō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weþru	weþriwi, weþrō
Accusative	*weþru	*weþrū
Genitive	*weþrō	*weþriwō
Dative	weþriwi, weþrō	*weþrum
Instrumental	*weþru	*weþrum

Descendants

Old English: weþer
- Middle English: wether, wethir, wedyr
  - Scots: weddir, woddir, wadder
  - English: wether, wedder (dialectal)
Old Frisian: *wether
- Saterland Frisian: Weeder, Weer
Old Saxon: wethar, withar
- Middle Low German: weder, wedder
  - German Low German: Weer
Old Dutch: wither
- Middle Dutch: wēder, weer
  - Dutch: weder, weer
Old High German: widar
- Middle High German: wider
  - German: Widder
  - Luxembourgish: Widder
  - Yiddish: ווידער‎ (vider)