Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadilą

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 *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom. Cognate with Latin vadum (“ford”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.ði.lɑ̃/

Noun

*wadilą n

1. ford

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wadilą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wadilą	*wadilō
vocative	*wadilą	*wadilō
accusative	*wadilą	*wadilō
genitive	*wadilas, *wadilis	*wadilǫ̂
dative	*wadilai	*wadilamaz
instrumental	*wadilō	*wadilamiz

Related terms

• *wadą
• *wadaną

Descendants

• Old Saxon: widil
  • Middle Low German: wedel
    • Low German: Wedel
• German: Wedel
• Old Norse: vaðall, vaðill
  • Icelandic: vaðall, vaðill
  • Norwegian: val, vaul

References

• Jürgen Udolph: Probleme und Wege der Namenforschung im Braunschweiger Land. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte. 1997. P. 22.