Where does “våd” come from?

våd (Danish) comes from Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic wadą, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

våd (Danish): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “våd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevaða ford
2Proto-Germanicwadąshallow water, ford
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “våd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadą →Every word from Old Norse vað →