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

Definitions

  1. west

Ancestry of “ouest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchouest—
2Old Frenchwestwest
3Old Englishwestwest
4Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
5Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
6Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “ouest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →