verwittern
German (Berlin)
[fɛʁˈvɪtɛʁn]
verb-weak
Definitions
- (intransitive) To erode.
- (transitive) To overhaul the smell of a place to lure or scare wild animals.
Etymology
Derived from Middle High German witeren, weter derived from Old High German wetar derived from Proto-Germanic *wedrą (weather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wedʰrom
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forwither English
- unwitherable English
- wither English
- witherable English
- witherer English
- witherest English
- withereth English
- withering English
- witherward English
- Verwitterung German
- Wetter German
- verwitterungsresistent German
- *wedʰrom Proto-Indo-European
- forvitre Norwegian Bokmål
- forvitring Norwegian Bokmål
- *wedrą Proto-Germanic
- forvitre Norwegian Nynorsk
- forvitring Norwegian Nynorsk
- weder Old English
- widren Middle English
- veðr Old Norse
- forvitre Danish
- *wedar Old High German
- wetar Old High German
- weter Middle High German
- witeren Middle High German
- וועטער Yiddish
- bèttar Cimbrian
- wedar Old Saxon
- *awa-renta Proto-Albanian
- *ŭ(n)dərā Proto-Albanian