wē-

To blow. Contracted from *weə₁-; oldest basic form *ə₂weə₁-.

1. Suffixed shortened form *we-dhro-. weather, from Old English weder, weather, storm, wind, from Germanic *wedram wind, weather.

2. Suffixed (participial) form *wē-nt-o-, blowing.

a.

(i) wind¹, from Old English wind, wind;

(ii) window, from Old Norse vindr, wind. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *windaz;

b. vent¹, ventail, ventilate, from Latin ventus, wind.

3. wing, from Middle English wenge, wing, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse vængr, wing, from suffixed Germanic form *wē-ingjaz.

4. Basic form *wē-. nirvana, from Sanskrit vāti (stem *vā-), it blows.

 

[Pokorny 10. au̯(e)- 81.]

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