Where does “veðr” come from?

veðr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic weþruz, from Proto-Indo-European wēt- — year.

veðr (Old Norse): weather; ram

Definitions

  1. weather; ram

Ancestry of “veðr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicweþruzyearling lamb; wether, ram
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-year

Words derived from “veðr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēt-Every word from Proto-Germanic weþruz