weder
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German wedar (“which of the two”), from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷóteros. Compare German weder (“neither”), Dutch weer (“again”), English whether, Icelandic hvor (“which”), Gothic 𐍈𐌰𐌸𐌰𐍂 (ƕaþar, “which”).
Interjection
weder
References
- “weder” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien, page 61
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːdər
Etymology 1
Derived terms
generally parallel to a weer- equivalent
- wederantwoord
- wederdienst
- wederdoper
- wedergeboorte
- wederhelft
- wederopbouw
- wederom
- onweder
Etymology 2
Etymology 3
German
Etymology
From Old High German wedar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz; cognate with English whether and either.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːdɐ/
Derived terms
- weder ... noch
- entweder
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveːdɐ/
Conjunction
weder
- neither
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:34:
- Ech awer soen iech: Schwiert iwwerhaapt net - weder beim Himmel, well dat ass dem Herrgott säin Troun
- But I say to you: Do not swear at all - neither by Heaven, for that is the throne of God
- Ech awer soen iech: Schwiert iwwerhaapt net - weder beim Himmel, well dat ass dem Herrgott säin Troun
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:34:
Middle Dutch
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch withero.
Etymology 3
From Old Dutch wethar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.
Etymology 4
From Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 5
From Old Dutch withero, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “weder (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “weder (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “weder (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “weder (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “weder (V)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “weder (VI)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “weder (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “weder (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “weder (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “weder (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “weder (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
- “weder (VII)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English weder, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛdər/, /ˈwɛːdər/
Declension
Related terms
- wederin
- unweder
Descendants
- English: weather
- Scots: weddir, wethir, wathir
References
- “wē̆der (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom. Cognate with Old French weder (West Frisian waar), Old Saxon wedar (Low German Weder), Dutch weder, Old High German wetar (German Wetter), Old Norse veðr (Swedish väder, Danish vejr); and more distantly with Russian ведро (vedro) and Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweder/
Noun
weder n (nominative plural wedru)
- weather
- late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
- Menn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwilċ weder tōweard biþ.
- People can observe from the color of the moon what kind of weather is coming.
- Menn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwilċ weder tōweard biþ.
- Þæt weder tōdæġ biþ hāt and drȳġe.
- The weather today will be hot and dry.
- Hū is þæt weder þǣr þū eart?
- What's the weather like where you are?
- Ne mæġ man nǣfre þæt weder on Īrlande fōrecweðan.
- You can never predict the weather in Ireland.
- Iċ hine ǣrest ġeseah on þæs ġēares anġinne. Iċ wāt for þām hit wæs ċeald weder, swīðe ċeald on þā tīd.
- I first saw him at the beginning of the year. I know because it was cold weather, very cold at the time.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
- wind, storm, breeze, air