Where does “wadan” come from?

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

wadan (Old English): to go, to advance, to travel

Definitions

  1. to go, to advance, to travel

Ancestry of “wadan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wadanto wade
2Proto-Germanicwadanąto wade, to walk
3Proto-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 →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *wadan →