English
Westie
From west + -ie.
A compound of west + -ie
Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
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Proto-Germanic *westrą
Proto-West Germanic *westr ‘western’
Old English west
Middle English west
English west
Today it means
noun A West Highland White Terrier.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Westie