Where does “veðurspá” come from?
veðurspá (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic veður, from Old Norse veðr, from Proto-Germanic weþruz, from Proto-Indo-European wēt- — year.
veðurspá (Icelandic): weather forecast
Ancestry of “veðurspá”, step by step
veðurspá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic veður
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | veður | ram; battering ram; one of several spikes at the... |
| 2 | Old Norse | veðr | weather; ram |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | weþruz | yearling lamb; wether, ram |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wēt- | year |
via Icelandic spá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | spá | a prophecy; a prognosis; a weather forecast |
| 2 | Old Norse | spá | a prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spahōną | to observe |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |