Where does “vestr” come from?

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

vestr (Old Norse): west, westwards

Definitions

  1. west, westwards

Ancestry of “vestr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vestr”

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