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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wedrą, whence also Old Norse veðr.
Noun
*wedr n
- weather
Inflection
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Singular
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*wedr(a)
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| Genitive
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*wedras
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*wedr(a)
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*wedru
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| Accusative
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*wedr(a)
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*wedru
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| Genitive
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*wedras
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*wedrō
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| Dative
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*wedrē
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*wedrum
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| Instrumental
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*wedru
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*wedrum
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: weder
- Middle English: weder, wedir, wedur, wæder (Early Middle English), wedder, weddyr, wedire, wedyr, wethyr, wheder (Late Middle English)
- English: weather
- Middle Scots: weddir, wethir, wathir
- Old Frisian: weder, wedder
- Old Saxon: wedar
- Old Dutch: wedar
- 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)