Where does “Вадимъ” come from?

Вадимъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic vaditi, from Proto-Indo-European (s)wod-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

Ancestry of “Вадимъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvaditito argue; to scold, to brawl; to take out
2Proto-Indo-European(s)wod-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “Вадимъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)wod- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vaditi →