Where does “weate” come from?

weate (Yola) comes from Middle English wet, from Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.

weate (Yola): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “weate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwetwet, watery; wet, rainy; liquid, fluid
2Middle Englishwetento wet
3Old Englishwǣtanto wet, moisten, water
4Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
5Indo-European*wed-—
Every word from Indo-European *wed- →