Where does “vað” come from?

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

vað (Old Norse): a ford

Definitions

  1. a ford

Ancestry of “vað”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwadąshallow water, ford
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₂dʰ-to go, to proceed; to pass, to traverse

Words derived from “vað”

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