Where does “wadan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wadan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wadan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadaną →
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