weda

See also: Weda, węda, and Węda

Sudovian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wed-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-. Related to Lithuanian vèsti (“to guide, lead”), Latvian vest (“to lead”), Old Prussian westwey (“to lead”).^[1]^[2]

Noun edit

weda

trail, route
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 126, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  szlach [szlak] — weda
  szlach [szlak] — trail

References edit

^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 81: “weda ‘kelias, l. szlach’ 126.”
^ “vèsti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. weda s. ‘Landstraße’”.

West Makian edit

Etymology edit

An unexplained alteration of peda.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈwe.d̪a/

Noun edit

weda

Alternative form of peda (“machete”)

References edit

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics

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