Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wiþr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiþrą.

Preposition

*wiþr

1. toward, against [+accusative]

Derived terms

• *wiþra-
• *wiþrōn

Related terms

• *wiþi

Descendants

• Old English: wiþer
  • Middle English: wither
    • English: wither
    • Scots: wither, quither
• Old Frisian: wither
  • Saterland Frisian: wieder, wier
  • West Frisian: wider, weer
• Old Saxon: withar
  • Middle Low German: weder, wedder
    • Low German: wedder
• Old Dutch: wither
  • Middle Dutch: wēder, wēer
    • Dutch: weder, weer
• Old High German: widar
  • Middle High German: wider
    • German: wider, wieder
    • Hunsrik: witter