väst
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- west (compass point)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vestr (west) inherited from Proto-Germanic *westrą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*westrą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- vest Norwegian Bokmål
- *westrą Proto-Germanic
- Västergötland Swedish
- göte Swedish
- nord Swedish
- nordväst Swedish
- syd Swedish
- sydväst Swedish
- väster Swedish
- västgöte Swedish
- västlig Swedish
- vest Norwegian Nynorsk
- west Old English
- vestan Old Norse
- vestr Old Norse
- vestrœnn Old Norse
- vest Danish
- vestur Icelandic
- west Old High German
- vestur Faroese
- west Old Dutch