Where does “œðr” come from?

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

œðr (Old Norse): wadeable, fordable

Definitions

  1. wadeable, fordable

Ancestry of “œðr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwōdijazwadable
2Proto-Germanicwadanąto wade, to walk
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₂dʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wadaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic wōdijaz →