wet-

wet-
I. wet-1
To blow, inspire, spiritually arouse. Related to wē-. Oldest form *ə₂wet-.
Derivatives include Wednesday and atmosphere.
1. Lengthened-grade form *wōt-.
a. Woden; Wednesday, from Old English Wōden, Woden;
b. Odin, from Old Norse Ōdhinn, Odin;
c. Wotan, from Old High German Wuotan. a-c all from Germanic suffixed form *wōd-eno-, *wōd-ono-, “raging,” “mad,” “inspired,” hence “spirit,” name of the chief Teutonic god *Wōd-enaz;
d. wood2, from Old English wōd, mad, insane, from Germanic *wōdaz;
e. Celtic *wāt-. vatic, from Latin vātēs, prophet, poet, from a Celtic source akin to Old Irish fáith, seer.
2. O-grade form *wot-. wedeln, from Old High German wedil, fan, from Germanic suffixed form *wath-ila-.
3. Suffixed variant form *wat-no-. fan1, van3, from Latin vannus, a winnowing fan.
4. Oldest basic form *əwet- becoming *awet- in suffixed form *awet-mo-. atmosphere, from Greek atmos (< *aetmos), breath, vapor.
 
[Pokorny 1. u̯āt- 1113.]
  II. wet-2
Year.
1. Suffixed form *wet-ru-. wether; bellwether, from Old English wether, wether, from Germanic *wethruz, perhaps “yearling.”
2. Suffixed form *wet-es-.
a. veteran; inveterate, from Latin vetus, old (< “having many years”);
b. veterinary, from Latin veterīnus, of beasts of burden, of cattle (perhaps chiefly old cattle);
c. etesian, from Greek etos, year.
3. Suffixed form *wet-olo-. veal, vitellus, from Latin vitulus, calf, yearling.
 
[Pokorny u̯et- 1175.]

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