Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wadi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wadją.

Noun

*wadi n

wager, stake, pledge

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wadi
Genitive	*waddjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wadi	*waddju
Accusative	*wadi	*waddju
Genitive	*waddjas	*waddjō
Dative	*waddjē	*waddjum
Instrumental	*waddju	*waddjum

Derived terms

*waddjōn

Descendants

Old English: wedd
- Middle English: wedde, wed
  - Scots: wed, wod, wad
Old Frisian: wedde, wed
- Saterland Frisian: Wädde
- West Frisian: wet
Old Saxon: weddi
- Middle Low German: wedde
  - German Low German: Wedde, Wedd
Old Dutch: *weddi
- Middle Dutch: wedde
  - Dutch: wedde
Old High German: wetti
- Middle High German: wette
  - German: Wette
  - Luxembourgish: Wett
  - Yiddish: וועט (vet)
→ Medieval Latin: wadium
→ Old French: gage, guage, gaige, wage
- Middle French: gage
  - French: gage
- → Middle English: gage
  - English: gage
- ⇒ Old French: gager, gagier, guagier
  - Middle French: guagier, gager
    - French: gager
  - → Middle English: gagen
    - English: gage
  - ⇒ Old French: gageure
    - French: gageure, gageüre
- → Piedmontese: gagi
→ Old Northern French: wage
- → Middle English: wage
  - English: wage
- ⇒ Old Northern French: wagier
  - → Middle English: wagen
    - English: wage
  - ⇒ Old Northern French: wageure, wagour
    - → Middle English: wager, waiour, wageour, waiowre, wagour
      - English: wager