Where does “vaða” come from?

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

vaða (Old Norse): to wade through water, snow, smoke, fire; to rush

Definitions

  1. to wade through water, snow, smoke, fire; to rush

Ancestry of “vaða”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vaða”

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