English
weer
From wee (“to pee”) + -er (agent suffix)
Formed from wee ‘to pee’ + -er
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to convey, transport’
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Proto-Germanic *wēgō ‘scales, weight’
Proto-West Germanic *wāgu ‘scales’
Old English wǣġ ‘a weight’
Middle English wey
English wee
Today it means
noun Someone who wees; a urinator.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “weer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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