Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wedr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wedrą, whence also Old Norse veðr.

Noun

*wedr n

1. weather

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wedr
Genitive	*wedras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wedr	*wedru
Accusative	*wedr	*wedru
Genitive	*wedras	*wedrō
Dative	*wedrē	*wedrum
Instrumental	*wedru	*wedrum

Derived terms

• *unwedr (“bad weather”)
• *wedrōn

Descendants

• Old English: weder
  • Middle English: weder, wethyr
    • English: weather
    • Scots: weddir, wethir, wathir
• Old Frisian: weder, wedder
  • Saterland Frisian: Weeder
  • West Frisian: waar
• Old Saxon: wedar
  • German Low German: Weder

    Plautdietsch:

• Old Dutch: wedar
  • Dutch: weder, weer
    • Afrikaans: weer
• Old High German: wetar, *wedar
  • Middle High German: weter (classical), wetter (late), weder (Central German)
    • Alemannic German: Wätter

      Swabian:

    • Bavarian: Wetta

      Austrian: Weda

      Cimbrian: bèttar

      Mòcheno:

    • Central Franconian: Wedder, Wäder, Weader, Wäer

      Hunsrik: Wetter

      Luxembourgish: Wieder

      Transylvanian Saxon: Wadder, Wodder

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German: Wättr

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Wetter
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Wedder

    • Yiddish: וועטער (veter)