West
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɛst/
noun
Definitions
- the west (used without article; a short form of Westen)
- a wind coming from the west (used with article)
Etymology
Derived from Old High German west derived from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*westrą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Key West English
- Westdean English
- Westie English
- Westland English
- Westminster English
- Westmount English
- northwest English
- southwest English
- west English
- westabout English
- westbound English
- wester English
- westermost English
- westing English
- westling English
- westly English
- westmost English
- westness English
- westside English
- westwards English
- westwork English
- Asien German
- Deutschland German
- Mark German
- Ware German
- Werk German
- Westasien German
- Westdeutschland German
- Westmark German
- Westware German
- Westwerk German
- Westwind German
- Wind German
- deutsch German
- elbisch German
- prowestlich German
- rheinisch German
- weserisch German
- westdeutsch German
- westelbisch German
- westlich German
- westrheinisch German
- westweserisch German
- westwärts German
- Oudwestnoords Dutch, Flemish
- West-Duitsland Dutch, Flemish
- West-Terschelling Dutch, Flemish
- West-Vlieland Dutch, Flemish
- Westland Dutch, Flemish
- west Dutch, Flemish
- westfront Dutch, Flemish
- westkust Dutch, Flemish
- westwaarts Dutch, Flemish
- zuidwest Dutch, Flemish
- вест Russian
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- *westrą Proto-Germanic
- west Old English
- west Middle English
- vestr Old Norse
- vest Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- west Middle Dutch
- west Old High German
- vesper Middle High German
- west Old Dutch
- Vësper Alemannic German
- wèst Papiamentu
- wes Tok Pisin
- west Cornish