wetro

Old Prussian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Lithuanian vėtra (“storm”) and Latvian vētra (“storm”).

Noun

wetro f

1. wind

References

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997), “wetro”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological Dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
• G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873), “wetro”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 204