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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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
*wedrą n
- weather
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *wedrą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*wedrą
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*wedrō
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vocative
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*wedrą
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*wedrō
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accusative
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*wedrą
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*wedrō
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genitive
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*wedras, *widris
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*wedrǫ̂
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dative
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*widrai
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*wedramaz
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instrumental
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*wedrō
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*wedramiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*weđran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 452