Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wedrą

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 *wedʰrom, *we-dʰrom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweð.rɑ̃/

Noun

*wedrą n

1. weather

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wedrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wedrą	*wedrō
vocative	*wedrą	*wedrō
accusative	*wedrą	*wedrō
genitive	*wedras, *widris	*wedrǫ̂
dative	*wedrai	*wedramaz
instrumental	*wedrō	*wedramiz

Derived terms

• *unwedrą

See also

• *wintruz

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

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German: Wättr

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

      Pennsylvania German: Wedder

    • Yiddish: וועטער (veter)
• Old Norse: veðr, -viðri
  • Icelandic: veður
  • Faroese: veður
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vær
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr
  • Old Swedish: væþer
    • Swedish: väder
  • Old Danish: wæthær
    • Danish: vejr
  • Elfdalian: weðer
  • Gutnish: vädar
  • Scanian: væðer
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