English

greywether

From grey + wether; see wether (“a ram”).

A compound of grey + wether

Proto-Germanic *grēwaz ‘grey’

Proto-West Germanic *grāu ‘grey’

Old English grēġ ‘grey’

Middle English grey ‘grey’

English grey

Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‘year’

Proto-Germanic *weþruz

Proto-West Germanic *weþru ‘wether, ram’

Old English weþer ‘a wether, ram’

Middle English wether

Today it means

noun A large block of hard sandstone found sporadically over south and southeast England.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / greywether