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Where does “veður” come from?

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

veður (Icelandic): ram; battering ram; one of several spikes at the...

Definitions

  1. ram; battering ram; one of several spikes at the...

Ancestry of “veður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseveðrweather; ram
2Proto-Germanicweþruzyearling lamb; wether, ram
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-—

Words derived from “veður”

  • veðurtunglamynd
  • veðurstofa
  • veðurfræði
  • veðurtungl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēt- →