Where does “watan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “watan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “watan”

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