Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waiʀd

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 *waizdaz.

Noun

*waiʀd m

1. plant used for dyeing, woad
2. dye

   Synonym: *daugu

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*waiʀd
Genitive	*waiʀdas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*waiʀd	*waiʀdō, *waiʀdōs
Accusative	*waiʀd	*waiʀdā
Genitive	*waiʀdas	*waiʀdō
Dative	*waiʀdē	*waiʀdum
Instrumental	*waiʀdu	*waiʀdum

Alternative reconstructions

• *waid

Derived terms

• *waiʀdil
  • →? Medieval Latin: uuisdile, ouisdelem, guisdil
• *waiʀdīn

Descendants

• Old English: wād, weard, *weald
  • Middle English: wad, wod, wadde, wode
    • Scots: wad, waid
    • English: woad
  • Middle English: welde, wolde
    • English: weld, wold
• Old Frisian: wēd
• Old Saxon: wēd
  • Middle Low German: wêt, weit
• Old Dutch: *wēd, *weid
  • Middle Dutch: wede, weet
    • Dutch: wede
• Old High German: weit
  • Middle High German: weit
    • German: Waid
      • → Danish: vajd
      • → Swedish: vejde
  • → Czech: vejt
  • → Russian: ва́йда (vájda)
• →? Medieval Latin: waisdum, guaisdium, waisda, waida
  • Old French: guesde, gaide, waisde, waide
    • Middle French: guede
      • French: guède
  • Italian: guado