Where does “wier” come from?

wier (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wether, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą, from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

wier (Saterland Frisian): again

Definitions

  1. again

Ancestry of “wier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwether—
2Proto-West Germanicwiþrtoward, against
3Proto-Germanicwiþrątoward, against
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwī-tero-further apart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →