weda

weda

See also: Weda, węda, and Węda

Sudovian

Etymology

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

weda

1. trail, route
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 126, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     szlach [szlak] — weda

     szlach [szlak] — trail

References

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

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West Makian

Etymology

An unexplained alteration of peda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwe.d̪a/

Noun

weda

1. Alternative form of peda (“machete”)

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics