Where does “Wadden Sea” come from?
Wadden Sea (English) comes from Dutch Waddenzee, from Dutch zee, from Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-West Germanic saiwi, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...
Wadden Sea (English): A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands
Definitions
- A shallow and narrow sea peripheral to the North Sea, situated between the Frisian Islands and the mainland coasts of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands
Ancestry of “Wadden Sea”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Waddenzee | the Wadden Sea: a marginal sea stretching from the northern Netherlands to southwestern Denmark |
| 2 | Dutch | zee | sea |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | sêe | sea |
| 4 | Old Dutch | sēo | sea |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | saiwi | sea |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | saiwiz | sea, ocean |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sīhwaną | to filter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |