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Where does “westerne” come from?

westerne (Middle English) comes from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic westrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

westerne (Middle English): western

Definitions

  1. western

Ancestry of “westerne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwesternewestern
2Proto-Germanicwestrōnijazwestern
3Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
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