From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer, from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz, from Proto-Indo-European *wet-.
Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder, Dutch weder, weer, German Widder, Norwegian Bokmål vær ("ram"), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr, Swedish vädur, Icelandic veður, Latin vitulus.
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