A methatesized formation from an earlier*vëndër, fromProto-Albanian*ŭ(n)dərā, fromProto-Indo-European*wedʰrom. CompareOld Church Slavonicведро(vedro,“fine weather”),Old Norseveðr(“wind, air, weather”),Old Englishweder. Alternatively fromProto-Albanian*awa-raunta, a derivative ofrëndë(“heavy”).
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