Where does “western” come from?
western (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from English Western, from Middle English westerne, from Old English westerne, from Proto-Germanic westrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
western (Norwegian Nynorsk): a western
Ancestry of “western”, step by step