wether

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

To castrate a male sheep or goat.

Synonyms

sheep

🐑

ram

🐏

mouton

mutton

tup

castrated goat

Ram

🐏

wedder

Aries

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɛðɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wether

Inherited from Old English: weþer

Cognate with Scots: weddir

Cognate with Dutch: weder

Cognate with German: Widder

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: vær

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: vêr

Cognate with Swedish: vädur

Cognate with Icelandic: veður

Cognate with Latin: 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”).