Where does “wēde” come from?
wēde (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon *wētha, from Proto-West Germanic waiþu, from Proto-Germanic waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Ancestry of “wēde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *wētha | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | waiþu | wandering, grazing; hunt, chase; pasture |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | waiþō | a hunt, pursuit, chase; a pasture, grassland,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
Words derived from “wēde”