va
Norwegian Nynorsk
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to wade
- (intransitive) swim at the surface
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vaða inherited from Proto-Germanic *wadaną 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
歩
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- evade English
- invader English
- pervader English
- pervasive English
- evasionem Latin
- invasivus Latin
- invādō Latin
- invāsiōnem Latin
- pervado Latin
- vadum Latin
- *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- va Norwegian Bokmål
- vade Norwegian Bokmål
- *wadaną Proto-Germanic
- *wadą Proto-Germanic
- vada Norwegian Nynorsk
- vade Norwegian Nynorsk
- wadan Old English
- *wadlen Middle English
- vaða Old Norse
- vaða Icelandic
- watan Old High German
- vaða Faroese
- *wadan Old Dutch
- wadan Old Saxon
- vaþa Old Swedish
- veda Westrobothnian
- *wāðō Proto-Italic
- *wa(d) Proto-Albanian
- *wadmi Proto-Albanian