väster

Swedish

/vɛsːtər/

noun

Definitions

west; one of the four major compass points

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
väst 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