Etymology

southwesterly

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Today it means: Situated in, or pointing to, the southwest. Full definition →

English westerly ← Middle English south ← Old English sūþ
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*sunþ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ún-teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*sunþraz
  5. Proto-Germanic*sunþrą
  6. Proto-West Germanic*sunþr
  7. Old Englishsūþ
  8. Middle Englishsouth
  9. Englishsouth
  10. Englishwesterly
  11. English todaysouthwesterly

From south + westerly.

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