Etymology

A methatesized formation from earlier *vëndër, from Proto-Albanian *ŭ(n)dərā, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom. Compare Old Church Slavonic вєдро ‎(vedro, “fine weather”), Old Norse veðr ‎(“wind, air, weather”), Old English weder. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *awa-renta, a derivative of rend ‎(“to run, to hurry”).