Where does “westernly” come from?
westernly (English) comes from English Western, from Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic westrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
westernly (English): In or towards the west
Ancestry of “westernly”, step by step