Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weh₂dʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European edit

Root edit

*weh₂dʰ-

to go, to proceed
to pass, to traverse

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂dʰ-‎ (7 c, 0 e)

*weh₂dʰ- (full-grade root present)
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: գամ (gam)
    - Armenian: գալ (gal)
- Proto-Italic: *wāðō
  - Latin: vādō (see there for further descendants)
*uh₂dʰ- (zero-grade root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *wadaną (“to wade”) (see there for further descendants)
*uh₂dʰ-om (“shallow water, ford”) (Unclear; long ū would be expected in the Germanic and Italic branches. Perhaps w- was restored by analogy with the verb?)
- >? Proto-Albanian: *wa(d)
  - Albanian: va
- Proto-Germanic: *wadą (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *waðom
  - Latin: vadum (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations
- Proto-Albanian: *wadmi
  - Albanian: *wem
    - Albanian: vete
- Anatolian:
  - Hittite: >? Hittite: to come (uwami)
- Celtic:
  - Welsh: go-di-wawd (“overtook”)