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Where does “Wedder” come from?

Wedder (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German wedar, from Proto-West Germanic hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷóteros, from Proto-Indo-European kʷos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷ- — The primary interrogative root.

Wedder (Central Franconian): weather

Definitions

  1. weather

Ancestry of “Wedder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwedarwhich
2Proto-West Germanichwaþarwhich
3Proto-Germanichwaþerazwhich, what
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷóteroswhich of two
5Proto-Indo-EuropeankʷosSee *kʷis
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷ-The primary interrogative root
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