Where does “aftakaveður” come from?

aftakaveður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic veður, from Old Norse veðr, from Proto-Germanic weþruz, from Proto-Indo-European wēt- — year.

aftakaveður (Icelandic): very bad and extremely stormy weather

Definitions

  1. very bad and extremely stormy weather

Ancestry of “aftakaveður”, step by step

aftakaveður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic veður

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicveðurram; battering ram; one of several spikes at the...
2Old Norseveðrweather; ram
3Proto-Germanicweþruzyearling lamb; wether, ram
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-year

via Icelandic aftökur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicaftökur—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic weþruz →Every word from Old Norse veðr →
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