weird (adj.) c. 1400, • “having power to control fate”, from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd “fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates,” literally “that which comes,” • from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt “fate,” Old Norse urðr “fate, one of the three Norns”), • from PIE wert- “to turn, to wind,” (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan “to become”), • from root wer- (3) “to turn, bend” (see versus). • For sense development from “turning” to “becoming,” compare phrase turn into “become.” OVERVIEW This is a community dedicated to discussing subjective idealism and its implications. For a more detailed explanation, please take a look at our vision statement.