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English word weather comes from Old English weder (weather), Proto-Germanic wedrą (weather), which itself is of uncertain origin but possibly derives from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom, linked to another Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (to blow)
*h₂weh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
To blow.
*we-dʰrom (Proto-Indo-European)
*wedrą (Proto-Germanic)
Weather.
weder (Old English)
Season. Sky. Weather, breeze.
wedir (Middle English)
weather (English)
(by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, [...]