Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weþru

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *weþruz.

Noun

*weþru m

1. yearling lamb
2. wether, ram

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weþru
Genitive	*weþrō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weþru	*wiþriwi, *weþrō
Accusative	*weþru	*weþrū
Genitive	*weþrō	*wiþriwō
Dative	*wiþriwi, *weþrō	*weþrum
Instrumental	*weþru	*weþrum

Descendants

• 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)