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Proto-Germanic: *wíɵru-z
Meaning: lamb
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: wiɵru-s m. (u) `lamb'
Old Norse: veδr m. `Widder'
Norwegian: veder, ver
Swedish: vädur
Danish: väder, vädder
Old English: { weɵer }
English: wether
Old Saxon: wethar
Middle Dutch: wēder
Dutch: weer m.
Old Franconian: wither
Middle Low German: wed(d)der, wēr
Old High German: widar (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: wider st. m., md. widder, wëder st. m., n. 'widder'
German: Widder m.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *wet-
Meaning: calf, lamb
Old Indian: vatsá- `calf, young of an animal', savātár- `having the same calf'
Other Iranian: Iran > Votjak vetël `Kalb, zweijährige Kuh'
Old Greek: dial. étalo-n, ételo-n n. Bez. eines jungen Tieres (Jährling ?)
Germanic: *wíɵ-r-u- m.
Latin: vitulus, gen. -ī m. `Kalb; Meerkalb'
Other Italic: Umbr vitluf `vitulōs'
Celtic: *wet-si- > Ir feis `Sau, Schwein'; Corn guis `Sau, Schwein', MBret gues `Sau, Schwein'
Albanian: vitš Kalb
Russ. meaning: скот (телок / барашек)
References: WP I 251
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