Where does “Westpreuße” come from?

Westpreuße (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-.

Westpreuße (German): a person from West Prussia

Definitions

  1. a person from West Prussia

Ancestry of “Westpreuße”, step by step

Westpreuße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German West

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-—

via German Preuße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPreußePrussian; Northern German
2Middle High GermanPriuze—
3Old Prussian*Prūsas—

Words derived from “Westpreuße”

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