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-.
wedder (Scots): wether
Ancestry of “wedder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | wether | — |
| 2 | Old English | weþer | wether |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | weþru | yearling lamb; wether, ram |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | weþruz | yearling lamb; wether, ram |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēt- | — |