West

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 568

west, n. the quarter where the sun sets one of the four chief points of the compa : the co'iutries to the west of Europe. adj. situated towards the west. [A.S. Ger. westJ\ Westerly, west'6radj. lying towards the west: — from the west adv. towards the west.