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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, joint, tied, sewn together”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.ðiz/

Noun

*wēdiz f[1]

  1. piece of cloth, garment

Inflection
i-stemDeclension 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

Descendants
  • Old English: wǣd
  • Old Frisian: wēd, wēde
  • Old Saxon: wād
  • Old Dutch: *wāt
  • Old High German: wāt
  • Old Norse: váð
    • Icelandic: voð
    • Faroese: váð
    • Old Swedish: vāþ
    • → English: wad
    • ⇒ Old Norse: váðmál, vaðmál (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *vaat'ëk (< NW *wādiz)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wēðiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 460
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