Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wēdiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.ðiz/

Noun

*wēdiz f

piece of cloth, garment

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *wēdiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wēdiz	*wēdīz
vocative	*wēdi	*wēdīz
accusative	*wēdį	*wēdinz
genitive	*wēdīz	*wēdijǫ̂
dative	*wēdī	*wēdimaz
instrumental	*wēdī	*wēdimiz

Descendants

Old English: wǣd
- Scots: weed, weid
- English: weed, weeds
Old Frisian: wēd, wēde
Old Saxon: wād
Old Dutch: *wāt
- Dutch: gewaad, watten
Old High German: wāt
- German: Wat, Watte
Old Norse: váð
- Icelandic: voð
- Faroese: váð
- Old Swedish: vāþ, vaþmāl
  - Swedish: våd, vadmal
- Westrobothnian: vod, vemal
- English: wadmal, wad
→ Proto-Finnic: *vaat'eh
- Finnish: vaate

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