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 *wet- (“year”). Cognate with Latin vitulus (“calf”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweθ.ruz/

Noun

*weþruz m

yearling lamb
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)