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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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; traditionally linked to Proto-Slavic *vedro (“good weather”), reconstructing a common Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom, which is sometimes assumed to be from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow; wind”) +‎ *-dʰrom (instrument noun–deriving suffix), equivalent to *wēaną +‎ *-þrą. However, this etymology suffers phonetic difficulties, namely the lack of a long vowel and the descendants that reflect unvoiced *-þrą in the suffix. If from pre-Germanic *h₂weh₁tróm, perhaps a formation in common with Latvian vētra, Lithuanian vė́tra (“storm”) and Proto-Slavic *vě̀trъ (“wind, air”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈweð.rɑ̃/

Noun

*wedrą n[1][2]

  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 *widrai *wedramaz
instrumental *wedrō *wedramiz

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wedr
    • Old English: weder
    • Old Frisian: weder, wedder
    • Old Saxon: wedar
      • German Low German: Weder
        Plautdietsch:
    • 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)
  • Old Norse: veðr, -viðri

See also

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weþra- ~ *wedra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 583–584
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*weđran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
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