*westraz²

Runic: ᚹᛖᛊᛏᚱᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwes.trɑz/

adverb

Meanings

west, westward

Etymology

PIE word

*wek(ʷ)speros

From Proto-Indo-European *wek (ʷ)speros (‘evening, dusk’), with the -p- passing to -t- under the influence of the dentals in *austraz, *nurþraz, *sunþraz.

Descendants

  • *westr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wester (Old Frisian)
  • *westr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • west, wæst (Old English)
      • west (Old French)
  • *westr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • west, wæst (Old English)
      • west (Middle English)
        • west (English)
        • wast (Scots)
  • *westr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • westar (Old High German)
      • wester (Middle Low German)
  • vestr (Old Norse)
    • vestur (Faroese)
    • vestur (Icelandic)
  • vestr (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • vest (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • vest (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • vestr (Old Norse)
    • væster, væst (Old Danish)
      • vest, vester (Danish)
  • vestr (Old Norse)
    • væster, væst (Old Swedish)
      • väster, väst (Swedish)

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