Where does “westward” come from?
westward (Middle English) comes from Old English westweard, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
westward (Middle English): westward
Ancestry of “westward”, step by step
Words derived from “westward”