Where does “Widder” come from?

Widder (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą, from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

Widder (Luxembourgish): ram; Aries

Definitions

  1. ram; Aries

Ancestry of “Widder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwideropposite
2Old High Germanwidaragainst; ram
3Proto-West Germanicwiþrtoward, against
4Proto-Germanicwiþrątoward, against
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwī-tero-further apart
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wiþrą →