Where does “vade” come from?

vade (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse vaða, from Proto-Germanic wadaną, from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- — to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse.

vade (Norwegian Bokmål): to wade; to ford

Definitions

  1. to wade; to ford

Ancestry of “vade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevaðato wade through water, snow, smoke, fire; to rush
2Proto-Germanicwadanąto wade, to walk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “vade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadaną →Every word from Old Norse vaða →