Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadją

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑð.jɑ̃/

Noun

*wadją n

1. wager, stake, pledge

Inflection

neuter ja-stemDeclension 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

• 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
  • → Old French: wage, guage (> wagier, guagier)
    • French: gage
    • → English: wage, gage
  • → Medieval Latin: wadio
• Old Norse: veð
  • Faroese: veð
  • Norwegian: vedd
  • Old Swedish: vaþ, væþ
    • Swedish: vad
  • Westrobothnian: vä
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi)