vad

Danish

/vad/, /vaːd/

noun

Definitions

(rare) ford a crossing

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse vað (a ford) derived from Proto-Germanic *wadą (ford, shallow water, crossing) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wadʰom

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*uadam Latin
guado Italian
*wadʰom Proto-Indo-European
*weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*wadą Proto-Germanic
wath Middle English
vað Old Norse
vað Icelandic
wat Old High German
*waðom Proto-Italic
*wad Frankish