Where does “wade” come from?

wade (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic wadǭ, from Proto-Indo-European audʰ- — band, weave, plait.

Ancestry of “wade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwadǭstring; rope; chord; dragnet; trawl
2Proto-Indo-Europeanaudʰ-band, weave, plait

Words derived from “wade”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European audʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadǭ →
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