Where does “Westen” come from?

Westen (German) comes from German West, from Middle High German west, from Old High German west, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

Westen (German): west; The area of Western Germany, i.e. those...

Definitions

  1. west; The area of Western Germany, i.e. those...

Ancestry of “Westen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWestthe west; a wind coming from the west
2Middle High Germanwestwest
3Old High Germanwestwestward
4Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
5Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “Westen”

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