vädur
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a ram, a buck; the male of sheep
- (astronomy) (in definite form) Aries (a constellation)
- (astrology) (in definite form) Aries (an astrological sign in the Zodiac)
- a hydraulic ram (a kind of water pump)
- several races of rabbit with hanging ears
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse veðr (weather, wether, air, wind, male sheep, ram) derived from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (wether, yearling lamb, a yearling lamb).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*weþruz
Gloss
wether, yearling lamb, a yearling lamb
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bellwether English
- greywether English
- wether English
- *vituleus Latin
- vitulus Latin
- *wet- Proto-Indo-European
- vær Norwegian Bokmål
- vítulo Portuguese
- *wedrą Proto-Germanic
- *weþruz Proto-Germanic
- vêr Norwegian Nynorsk
- weþer Old English
- wether Middle English
- veðr Old Norse
- vejr Danish
- vædder Danish
- veður Icelandic
- veður Faroese
- wider Middle High German
- Widder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *weþru gmw-pro
- væþer Old Swedish
- ver Westrobothnian
- *wether Old Frisian
- wæthær Old Danish