Where does “vest-european” come from?

vest-european (Romanian) comes from Romanian vest, from German West, from Middle High German west, from Old High German west, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

vest-european (Romanian): Western European

Definitions

  1. Western European

Ancestry of “vest-european”, step by step

vest-european traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian vest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvestwest
2GermanWestthe west; a wind coming from the west
3Middle High Germanwestwest
4Old High Germanwestwestward
5Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
6Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Romanian european

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianeuropeanEuropean
2FrenchEuropéenEuropean; person from Europe

Words derived from “vest-european”

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