Where does “*wētha” come from?

*wētha (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic waiþu, from Proto-Germanic waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

Ancestry of “*wētha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwaiþuwandering, grazing; hunt, chase; pasture
2Proto-Germanicwaiþōa hunt, pursuit, chase; a pasture, grassland,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “*wētha”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic waiþu →