Where does “vest-german” come from?

vest-german (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-german (Romanian): West German

Definitions

  1. West German

Ancestry of “vest-german”, step by step

vest-german 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 german

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomaniangermanGerman; a German person
2LatinGermānus—
3Latingermenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,...
4Proto-Italicgenamen—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →
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