wathe
English
noun
Definitions
- The pursuit of game; hunting.
- Game; prey.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wathe inherited from Old English wāþ (hunt, wandering, journey, pursuit, hunting, chase) derived from Old Norse veiðr (hunt, chase) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waiþō (pasture, food, hunt, a hunt, grassland) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weye- (drive, separate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weye-
Gloss
drive, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Augenweide German
- Trauerweide German
- Weide German
- Weidmann German
- alpenweide Dutch, Flemish
- bergweide Dutch, Flemish
- ligweide Dutch, Flemish
- weide Dutch, Flemish
- weidemolen Dutch, Flemish
- weiden Dutch, Flemish
- weidewinkel Dutch, Flemish
- weidman Dutch, Flemish
- weids Dutch, Flemish
- *weye- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wī- Proto-Indo-European
- *waiþō Proto-Germanic
- waþ Old English
- wāþ Old English
- waith Middle English
- wath Middle English
- wathe Middle English
- veiðr Old Norse
- hvalveiði Icelandic
- veiði Icelandic
- weide Middle Dutch
- weida Old High German
- weidōn Old High German
- weide Middle High German
- Weed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *waidanjan Frankish
- *waiþanjan Frankish
- Weed Pennsylvania German