Where does “ouest” come from?

ouest (Middle French) comes from Old French west, 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-.

Ancestry of “ouest”, step by step

ouest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French west

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchwestwest
2Old Englishwestwest
3Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
4Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
5Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Old French ouest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchouest—

Words derived from “ouest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →