west
Middle English
/wɛst/
noun
Definitions
- west
- A location to the south; the south
- The west wind
Etymology
Inherited from Old English west (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
- Key West English
- Wesley English
- West Ham English
- Westdean English
- Westie English
- Westland English
- Westminster English
- Westmount English
- northwest English
- southwest English
- west English
- westabout English
- westbound English
- wester English
- westermost English
- westing English
- westling English
- westly English
- westmost English
- westness English
- westside English
- westward English
- westwards English
- westwork English
- ouest French
- *wek(ʷ)speros Proto-Indo-European
- *westrą Proto-Germanic
- Westseaxa Old English
- west Old English
- westerne Old English
- westweard Old English
- westerne Middle English
- westward Middle English
- vestr Old Norse
- ouest Old French
- west Old French
- west Old High German
- west Old Dutch
- wes Tok Pisin
- west Cornish