Widder
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɪdɐ/
noun
Definitions
- ram (male sheep)
- (zodiac constellations) Aries (constellation and astrological sign)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wider inherited from Old High German widar inherited from *weþru inherited 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
- wider German
- wieder German
- *wet- Proto-Indo-European
- vítulo Portuguese
- *weþruz Proto-Germanic
- *wiþer Proto-Germanic
- *wiþrą Proto-Germanic
- weþer Old English
- wether Middle English
- veðr Old Norse
- vædder Danish
- widar Old High German
- wider Middle High German
- Widder Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- ווידער Yiddish
- *weþru gmw-pro
- bidar Cimbrian
- *wether Old Frisian
- widder Central Franconian