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Where does “wadǭ” come from?

wadǭ (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European audʰ- — band, weave, plait.

wadǭ (Proto-Germanic): string; rope; chord; dragnet; trawl

Definitions

  1. string; rope; chord; dragnet; trawl

Ancestry of “wadǭ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanaudʰ-band, weave, plait

Words derived from “wadǭ”

  • wade
  • Woade
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