вѣтръ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• Glagolitic: ⰲⱑⱅⱃⱏ (větrŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Common Balto-Slavic, Lithuanian vėtra (“storm”), Old Prussian wetro (“wind”), Latvian vētra (“storm”).

Indo-European cognates include Latin ventus (“wind”), Sanskrit वाति (vāti, “to blow”), Ancient Greek ἄημι (áēmi, “I blow”).

Noun

вѣтръ • (větrŭ) m

1. wind