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wether

Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðɚ/

The English word “wether” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To castrate a male sheep or goat.

Etymology

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…

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