waddle
English
/ˈwɒd.əl/, /ˈwɑd.əl/
noun
Definitions
- A squat, swaying gait.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *wadlen suffix from English wade root from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (go, pass, cross, walk, wade).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₂dʰ-
Gloss
go, pass, cross, walk, wade
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wadebridge English
- evade English
- invader English
- pervader English
- pervasive English
- wadable English
- waddler English
- waddly English
- wade English
- wadeable English
- wader English
- wadest English
- wadeth English
- evasionem Latin
- invasivus Latin
- invādō Latin
- invāsiōnem Latin
- pervado Latin
- vadum Latin
- wedeln German
- *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wadaną Proto-Germanic
- *wadą Proto-Germanic
- *wēþlōną Proto-Germanic
- *wadlen Middle English
- waden Middle English
- wadalōn Old High German
- wadelen Middle High German
- wedelen Middle High German
- *wāðō Proto-Italic
- *wa(d) Proto-Albanian
- *wadmi Proto-Albanian