Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/waðom

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ- (“to advance”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wadą.

Noun

*waðom n[1]

  1. ford, shallow water

Declension

Declension of *waðom (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waðom *waðā
vocative *waðom *waðā
accusative *waðom *waðā
genitive *waðosjo, *waðī *waðom
dative *waðōi *waðois
ablative *waðōd *waðois
locative *waðei *waðois

Descendants

  • Latin: vadum (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “vādō, -ere (> Derivatives: > vadum)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 650
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