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Where does “vædder” come from?

vædder (Danish) comes from Old Danish wæthær, from Old Norse veðr, from Proto-Germanic weþruz, from Proto-Indo-European wēt-.

vædder (Danish): ram; Aries; present tense of vædde

Definitions

  1. ram; Aries; present tense of vædde

Ancestry of “vædder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishwæthærweather; ram
2Old Norseveðrweather; ram
3Proto-Germanicweþruzyearling lamb; wether, ram
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēt- →