Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadaz

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 *awAdʰ-, *audʰ- (“band, weave, plait”). Cognate with Latvian vads (“dragnet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.dɑz/

Noun

*wadaz m

  1. string; rope; chord
  2. dragnet; trawl

Inflection

Declension of *wadaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wadaz *wadōz, *wadōs
vocative *wad *wadōz, *wadōs
accusative *wadą *wadanz
genitive *wadas, *wadis *wadǫ̂
dative *wadai *wadamaz
instrumental *wadō *wadamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: vaðr
    • Icelandic: vaður
    • Norwegian: vad
    • Swedish: vad
    • Danish: vod
  • → Proto-Finnic: *vata (see there for further descendants)
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