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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēdiz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *h₂ew- (“to braid, to weave”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *usti, Lithuanian áusti (“to weave”) and Latvian aust (“to weave”).
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
- Old High German: wāt
- German: Wat, Watte
- Old Norse: váð
- Icelandic: voð
- Faroese: váð
- Westrobothnian: vod, vemal
- Old Swedish: vāþ, vaþmāl
- Swedish: våd, vadmal
- → English: wadmal, wad
- → Proto-Finnic: *vaat'ek
- Finnish: vaate
- Ingrian: vaate
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wēðiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 460