Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadą

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 *wadʰom, *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-. Cognate with Latin vadum (“ford”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.ðɑ̃/

Noun

*wadą n

1. shallow water, ford

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wadą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wadą	*wadō
vocative	*wadą	*wadō
accusative	*wadą	*wadō
genitive	*wadas, *wadis	*wadǫ̂
dative	*wadai	*wadamaz
instrumental	*wadō	*wadamiz

Related terms

• *wadaną
• *wadilą

Descendants

• Old English: wæd, wæþ
  • Middle English: wath, wathe, weth (mostly in placenames, in part)
    • Scots: wath
    • English: wath
• Old Frisian: *wed
  • West Frisian: waad, wâd
• Old Saxon: *wad
  • Middle Low German: wat
    • → German: Watt
• Frankish: *wad
  • Old Dutch: wad (in placenames)
    • Middle Dutch: wat
      • Dutch: wad
  • → Vulgar Latin: *uadam (possibly confused with vadum)
    • Old French: gué
      • Middle French: gué
        • French: gué
    • Occitan: ga, guá
    • Italian: guado
• Old High German: wat
  • Middle High German: *wat, *wate (perhaps)
    • German: Wate f (dialectal; may also be deverbal)
• Old Norse: vað
  • Icelandic: vað
  • Faroese: vað
  • Norwegian: vad
  • Old Swedish: vaþ
    • Swedish: vad
  • Danish: vad
  • → Middle English: wath, wathe, weth (mostly in placenames, in part)
    • Scots: wath
    • English: wath