Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An act of wading. · A ford; a place to cross a river.
To walk through water or something that impedes progress. · To progress with difficulty. · To walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading. · To gleam intermittently through clouds or mist.
From Middle English waden, from Old English wadan, from Proto-West Germanic *wadan, from Proto-Germanic *wadaną (“to go, pass through”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian waadje (“to wade”), West Frisian wâdzje (“to wade”), Dutch waden (“to wade”), German Low German waden (“to wade”), German waten (“to wade”), Danish vade (“to wade”), Swedish vada (“to wade”), Icelandic vaða (“to wade”), and Latin vādō (“go, walk; rush”).
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- Root classification mention*weh₂dʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionwadenenm
- Inherited-form mentionwadanang
- Inherited-form mention*wadangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wadanągem-pro · to go, pass through
- Derivation mention*weh₂dʰ-ine-pro · to go
- Cognate mentionwaadjestq · to wade
- Cognate mentionwâdzjefy · to wade
- Cognate mentionwadennl · to wade
- Cognate mentionwatende · to wade
- Cognate mentionvadeda · to wade
- Cognate mentionvadasv · to wade
- Cognate mentionvaðais · to wade
- Cognate mentionvādōla · go, walk; rush
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