Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/weþruz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wétrus, from *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus (“calf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweθ.ruz/

Noun

*weþruz m

1. yearling lamb
2. wether, ram

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *weþruz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*weþruz	*wiþriwiz
vocative	*weþru	*wiþriwiz
accusative	*weþrų	*weþrunz
genitive	*weþrauz	*wiþriwǫ̂
dative	*wiþriwi	*weþrumaz
instrumental	*weþrū	*weþrumiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *weþru
  • Old English: weþer
    • Middle English: wether, wethir, wedyr
      • English: wether, wedder (dialectal)
      • Scots: weddir, woddir, wadder
  • Old Frisian: *wether
    • Saterland Frisian: Weeder, Weer
    • West Frisian: wear
  • Old Saxon: wethar, withar
    • Middle Low German: weder, wedder
      • German Low German: Weer
  • Old Dutch: wither
    • Middle Dutch: wēder, weer
      • Dutch: weder, weer
  • Old High German: widar
    • Middle High German: wider
      • German: Widder
      • Luxembourgish: Widder
      • Yiddish: ווידער (vider)
• Old Norse: veðr
  • Icelandic: veður
  • Faroese: veðrur, veður (rare)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vær
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr
  • Old Swedish: væþur
    • Swedish: vädur
  • Danish: væder, vædder
  • Gutnish: vädrä
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 (wiþrus)
• → Proto-Samic: *vierccë (see there for further descendants)