wether

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A castrated goat.
2. A castrated ram.

Verb

To castrate a male sheep or goat.

Sinonieme

sheep

🐑

ram

🐏

mouton

mutton

tup

castrated goat

Ram

🐏

wedder

Aries

♈

Vertalings

Hammel

vervex

hamel

montone

🐏

Schöps

carnero

🐑

mouton

🐑

montone castrato

castrato

bélier

🐏

Widder

🐏

carneiro

🐏

bélier châtré

Ziegenbock

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈwɛðɚ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wether

Geërf van Old English: weþer

Verwante met Skots: weddir

Verwante met Nederlands: weder

Verwante met Duits: Widder

Verwante met Boeknoors: vær

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: vêr

Verwante met Sweeds: vädur

Verwante met Yslands: veður

Verwante met Latyn: vitulus

In summary

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”).