Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēdiz

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

Presumedly the vṛddhi gerundive of *wedaną (“to join, bind, tie”) via an unattested adjective *wēdiz (“bound, joint, tied, sewn together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ðiz/

Noun

*wēdiz f

1. piece of cloth, garment

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *wēdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēdiz	*wēdīz
vocative	*wēdi	*wēdīz
accusative	*wēdį	*wēdinz
genitive	*wēdīz	*wēdijǫ̂
dative	*wēdī	*wēdimaz
instrumental	*wēdī	*wēdimiz

Derived terms

• *wēdijaną

Descendants

• Old English: wǣd
  • Scots: weed, weid
  • English: weed, weeds
• Old Frisian: wēd, wēde
• Old Saxon: wād
• Old Dutch: *wāt
  • Dutch: gewaad, watten
    • Afrikaans: gewaad, watte
• Old High German: wāt
  • German: Wat, Watte
• Old Norse: váð
  • Icelandic: voð
  • Faroese: váð
  • Old Swedish: vāþ
    • Swedish: våd
  • → English: wad
  • ⇒ Old Norse: váðmál, vaðmál (see there for further descendants)
• →? Proto-Finnic: *vaat'ëk (< NW *wādiz)
  • Finnish: vaate
  • Ingrian: vaate