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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Italic *wāðō, Old Armenian գամ (gam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.ðɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*wadaną[1][2][3]

  1. to wade, to walk

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *wōdiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wadan
    • Old English: wadan
    • Old Frisian: wada
      • Saterland Frisian: waadje
      • West Frisian: waddjen, wâdzje
    • Old Saxon: wadan
    • Old Dutch: *wadan
    • Old High German: watan
  • Old Norse: vaða

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wadan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 564
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wađanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
  3. Seebold, Elmar (1970) “WAD-A-”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 530
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