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

shallow water, ford

Inflection

Declension 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

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
  - Catalan: gual
  - 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