Where does “wedder” come from?

wedder (Scots) comes from Middle English wether, from Old English weþer, from Proto-West Germanic weþru, from Proto-Germanic weþruz, from Proto-Indo-European wēt- — year.

wedder (Scots): wether

Definitions

  1. wether

Ancestry of “wedder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwether—
2Old Englishweþerwether
3Proto-West Germanicweþruyearling lamb; wether, ram
4Proto-Germanicweþruzyearling lamb; wether, ram
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic weþruz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weþru →
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