Where does “Weid” come from?

Weid (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Dutch wēde, from Old Saxon *wētha, from Proto-West Germanic waiþu, from Proto-Germanic waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

Weid (Plautdietsch): meadow, pasture

Definitions

  1. meadow, pasture

Ancestry of “Weid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchwēdedyer's woad (Isatis tinctoria)
2Old Saxon*wētha—
3Proto-West Germanicwaiþuwandering, grazing; hunt, chase; pasture
4Proto-Germanicwaiþōa hunt, pursuit, chase; a pasture, grassland,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiþō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic waiþu →