*paddǭ

Runic: ᛈᚨᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈpɑd.dɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

toad

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (‘to swell’) (Pok. 96), from *bʰew- (‘to swell’) (Pok. 98-102).

Also compare English puddle of imitative origin, Old English puduc (‘swelling, lump, growth, wart’), Low German puddig (‘swollen’).

*paddā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *padda (Old Dutch)
  - padde, pedde (Middle Dutch)
    - pad (Dutch)
      - padda (Afrikaans)
*paddā (Proto-West Germanic)
- padde (Old English)
  - padde, pade (Middle English)
    - pad, poade, pode (English)
    - pade, pad, podde, pode (Scots)
*paddā (Proto-West Germanic)
- padde (Old Frisian)
  - Pudde (Saterland Frisian)
  - padde, podde, podd, pod (West Frisian)
*paddā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *padda (Old Saxon)
  - padde, pedde (Middle Low German)
    - Padde (German)
    - Padde, Pudde (Low German)
*paddā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *padda, *podda, *potta (Vulgar Latin)
  - botta, bodda (Italian)
*paddā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *padda, *podda, *potta (Vulgar Latin)
  - bot (Old French)
    - boterel (Old French)
padda (Old Norse)
- padde (Danish)
- padda (Elfdalian)
- padda (Faroese)
- padde, paddå (Gutnish)
- padda (Icelandic)
- padd (Norn)
- padde (Norwegian Bokmål)
- padde (Norwegian Nynorsk)
padda (Old Norse)
- padda (Old Swedish)
  - padda (Swedish)