Where does “oeste” come from?

oeste (Asturian) comes from French ouest, from Middle French ouest, from Old French west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros.

oeste (Asturian): west

Definitions

  1. west

Ancestry of “oeste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchouestwest
2Middle Frenchouest—
3Old Frenchwestwest
4Old Englishwestwest
5Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
6Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
7Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →