Where does “ouest” come from?
ouest (French) comes from Middle French ouest, from Old French west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
ouest (French): west
Ancestry of “ouest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | ouest | — |
| 2 | Old French | west | west |
| 3 | Old English | west | west |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *westr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | westrą | west; west, westward |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | westraz | west, western |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |
Words derived from “ouest”