Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēdiz

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

Presumedly the vṛddhi gerundive of *wedaną (“to join, bind, tie”), via an unattested adjective *wēdiz (“bound, joined, tied, sewn together”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ðiz/

Noun

*wēdiz f^[1]

piece of cloth, garment

Inflection

Declension of *wēdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēdiz	*wēdīz
vocative	*wēdi	*wēdīz
accusative	*wēdį	*wēdinz
genitive	*wēdīz	*wēdijǫ̂
dative	*wēdī	*wēdimaz
instrumental	*wēdī	*wēdimiz

Derived terms

*gawēdiją
*gawēdiz
*wēdijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wādi
- Old English: wǣd
  - Middle English: wede
    - English: weed, weeds
    - Scots: weed, weid
- Old Frisian: wēd, wēde; gewēd
  - Saterland Frisian: Wääd
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: wēden
    - Saterland Frisian: Wäiden
- Old Saxon: *wād; wādi, wēdi n; giwādi, giwēdi n
  - Middle Low German: wât; gewâde
- Old Dutch: *wāt; giwādi n
  - Middle Dutch: gewade, gewaet, *watte
    - Dutch: gewaad, watten
      - Afrikaans: gewaad, watte
      - → West Frisian: waad, gewaad
- Old High German: wāt; giwāt f; giwāti n
  - Middle High German: wāt; gewāt
    - German: Wat, Watte
Old Norse: váð
- Icelandic: voð
- Faroese: váð
- Norwegian Bokmål: våd
- Norwegian Nynorsk: våd
- Old Swedish: vāþ
  - Swedish: våd
- → English: wad
- ⇒ Old Norse: váðmál, vaðmál
  - Danish: vadmel
  - Norwegian Bokmål: vadmel
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: vadmål
  - Swedish: vadmal
→? Proto-Finnic: *vaat'ëk (< NW *wādiz)
- Finnish: vaate
- Ingrian: vaate

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wēðiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

[Orel-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*wēðiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

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