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Where does “unweatherly” come from?

unweatherly (English) comes from English weatherly, from English weather, from Middle English weder, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic wedr, from Proto-Germanic wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰrom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

unweatherly (English): Not weatherly

Definitions

  1. Not weatherly

Ancestry of “unweatherly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishweatherlyAble to sail close to the wind with little leeway
2EnglishweatherThe short term state of the atmosphere at a...
3Middle Englishwederweather, condition of the sky; good weather; bad...
4Old Englishwederweather; wind, storm, breeze, air
5Proto-West Germanicwedrweather
6Proto-Germanicwedrąweather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰrom—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →