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Where does “unwedar” come from?

unwedar (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic unwedrą, from Proto-Germanic wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰrom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

unwedar (Old Saxon): bad weather, storm

Definitions

  1. bad weather, storm

Ancestry of “unwedar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicunwedrąbad weather, storm
2Proto-Germanicwedrąweather
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰrom—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →