Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadją

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 Pre-Germanic *(H)wodʰyom, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Cognate with Latin vas (“bail, surety”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑð.jɑ̃/

Noun

*wadją n

1. wager, stake, pledge

Inflection

Declension of *wadją (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*wadją	*wadjō
vocative	*wadją	*wadjō
accusative	*wadją	*wadjō
genitive	*wadjas, *wadis	*wadjǫ̂
dative	*wadjai	*wadjamaz
instrumental	*wadjō	*wadjamiz

Derived terms

• *wadjōną

Related terms

• *wedaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wadi
  • 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
• Proto-Norse: *ᚹᚨᛞᛃᚨ (*wadja)
  • Old Norse: vað, veð
    • Icelandic: veð
    • Faroese: veð
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: vad, vedd
    • Old Swedish: vaþ, væþ
      • Swedish: vad
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi)