Where does “west” come from?

west (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

Ancestry of “west”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
2Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

Words derived from “west”

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