Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “weþe” come from?

weþe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wōþijaz — sweet, lovely, pleasant.

weþe (Old English): mild, pleasant

Definitions

  1. mild, pleasant

Ancestry of “weþe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwōþijazsweet, lovely, pleasant
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