*weþruz

Runic: ᚹᛖᚦᚱᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈweθ.ruz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *wétrus, from *wet- (‘year’). Cognate with Latin vitulus (‘calf’).

*weþru (Proto-West Germanic)
- wither (Old Dutch)
  - wēder, weer (Middle Dutch)
    - weder, weer (Dutch)
*weþru (Proto-West Germanic)
- weþer (Old English)
  - wether, wethir, wedyr (Middle English)
    - wether, wedder (English)
    - weddir, woddir, wadder (Scots)
*weþru (Proto-West Germanic)
- *wether (Old Frisian)
  - Weeder, Weer (Saterland Frisian)
  - wear (West Frisian)
*weþru (Proto-West Germanic)
- widar (Old High German)
  - wider (Middle High German)
    - Widder (German)
    - Widder (Luxembourgish)
    - ווידער (vider) (Yiddish)
*weþru (Proto-West Germanic)
- wethar, withar (Old Saxon)
  - weder, wedder (Middle Low German)
    - Weer (German Low German)
veðr (Old Norse)
- væder, vædder (Danish)
- veðrur, veður (Faroese)
- vädrä (Gutnish)
- veður (Icelandic)
- vær (Norwegian Bokmål)
- vêr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
veðr (Old Norse)
- væþur (Old Swedish)
  - vädur (Swedish)
𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus) (Gothic)
*vierccë (Proto-Samic)