Etymology

wester

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Today it means: A strong westerly wind, a wind blowing from the west. Full definition →

English west ← Middle English west ← Old English west
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷséps?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wek⁽ʷ⁾speros
  3. Proto-Germanic*westraz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*westr
  5. Old Englishwest
  6. Middle Englishwest
  7. Englishwest
  8. English todaywester

From west + -er.

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