Where does “Westmostier” come from?

Westmostier (Old French) comes from Middle English Westmynster, from Old English Westmynster, 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 “Westmostier”, step by step

Westmostier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English Westmynster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishWestmynster—
2Old EnglishWestmynster—
3Old Englishwestwest
4Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
5Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
6Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Old French mostier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmostierminster
2Latinmonisterium—

via Middle English west

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwestwest; A location to the south; the south; The...

Words derived from “Westmostier”

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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