Wether Definition

wĕthər
noun
A castrated male sheep or goat.
Webster's New World

Archaic spelling of weather.

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verb

To castrate a male sheep or goat.

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Other Word Forms of Wether

Noun

Singular:
wether
Plural:
wethers

Origin of Wether

  • From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram"), from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether"), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year"). Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether"), Dutch weder, weer (“wether"), German Widder (“wether, ram"), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram"), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram"), Latin vitulus (“calf").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English wet-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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