Where does “wāden” come from?

wāden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch wadan, from Proto-Germanic wadaną, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

wāden (Middle Dutch): to go, to step

Definitions

  1. to go, to step

Ancestry of “wāden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchwadan—
2Proto-Germanicwadanąto wade, to walk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “wāden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadaną →Every word from Old Dutch wadan →