bellwether
English
/ˈbɛlwɛðə/, /ˈbɛlwɛðɚ/
noun
Definitions
- The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
- Anything that indicates future trends.
- A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English belwether compound from English bell + English wether.
Origin
English
wether
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bell English
- bell ringer English
- bell tower English
- bell work English
- bell-end English
- bell-gable English
- bell-pull English
- bellbind English
- bellbird English
- bellboy English
- bellcrank English
- belldom English
- bellflower English
- bellfounder English
- bellfounding English
- bellgirl English
- bellhopper English
- bellhouse English
- belling English
- bellist English
- belllike English
- bellmaker English
- bellmaking English
- bellman English
- bellmouth English
- bellperson English
- bellpush English
- bellringing English
- bellwoman English
- bellwort English
- bluebell English
- cowbell English
- doorbell English
- dumbbell English
- firebell English
- forebell English
- greywether English
- handbell English
- harebell English
- hawkbell English
- hell's bells English
- kettlebell English
- low-bell English
- lowbell English
- passing-bell English
- sandbell English
- sheep-bell English
- silverbell English
- sleighbell English
- snowbell English
- sunnybell English
- wether English
- windbell English
- ベル Japanese
- belle Middle English
- belwether Middle English
- wether Middle English
- 벨 Korean
- bel Bislama
- belo Fiji Hindi
- bell
- wether
- cowbell
- belldom
- bellist
- bellboy
- bellman
- lowbell
- belling
- bellgirl
- harebell
- doorbell
- low-bell
- bluebell
- snowbell
- forebell
- sandbell
- bellwort
- firebell
- handbell
- belllike
- bellpush
- bellbird
- bellbind
- dumbbell
- bell-end
- hawkbell
- windbell
- bellmaker
- sunnybell
- bellwoman
- bell-pull
- bellhouse
- bell work
- bellcrank
- bellmouth
- bellmaking
- bell tower
- bellperson
- silverbell
- sheep-bell
- greywether
- bell-gable
- bellflower
- bellhopper
- kettlebell
- sleighbell
- bellringing
- bell ringer
- bellfounder
- bellfounding
- hell's bells
- passing-bell