weddian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to pledge, to promise
- to betroth
- to wed, to marry
Etymology
Inherited from *waddjōn inherited from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (pledge, wager, secure).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wadjōną
Gloss
pledge, wager, secure
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disengage English
- engage English
- engageable English
- engager English
- engagest English
- engageth English
- engagor English
- gage English
- preengage English
- re-engage English
- wed English
- vaatia Finnish
- *wedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- vedde Norwegian Bokmål
- *an- Proto-Germanic
- *wadją Proto-Germanic
- *wadjōną Proto-Germanic
- vedda Norwegian Nynorsk
- beweddian Old English
- weddung Old English
- biwedden Middle English
- engagen Middle English
- wedden Middle English
- wedding Middle English
- veðja Old Norse
- veðjast Old Norse
- vædde Danish
- veðja Icelandic
- wettōn Old High German
- wetten Middle High German
- *waddjōn gmw-pro
- væþia Old Swedish
- *weddōn Frankish