Where does “weather” come from?

Weather comes from Middle English weder, from Old English weder, from Proto-Germanic wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰrom, ultimately from the root h₂weh₁-.

weather (English): The short term state of the atmosphere at a...

Definitions

  1. The short term state of the atmosphere at a...

Ancestry of “weather”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwederweather, condition of the sky; good weather; bad...
2Old Englishwederweather; wind, storm, breeze, air
3Proto-West Germanicwedrweather
4Proto-Germanicwedrąweather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰrom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “weather”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →