Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Common Balto-Slavic, Lithuanian vėtra ‎(“storm”), Old Prussian wetro ‎(“wind”), Latvian vētra ‎(“storm”).

Indo-European cognates include Latin ventus ‎(“wind”), Sanskrit वाति ‎(vāti, “to blow”), Ancient Greek ἄημι ‎(áēmi, “I blow”).