Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. · To take as one's spouse. · To take a spouse. · To take each other as a spouse.
From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”). Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.
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- Root classification mention*wedʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionweddenenm
- Inherited-form mentionweddianang
- Inherited-form mention*waddjōngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wadjōnągem-pro · to pledge
- Derivation mention*wedʰ-ine-pro · to pledge
- Cognate mentionwedsco
- Cognate mentionwädjestq
- Cognate mentionwedzjefy
- Cognate mentionवधूsa
This page abbreviates 3 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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