*wadją

Runic: ᚹᚨᛞᛃᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑð.jɑ̃/

noun · neuter · ja-stem

Meanings

wager, stake, pledge

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *(H)wodʰyom, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (‘to lead’). Cognate with Latin vas (‘bail, surety’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wadją	wadjō
Acc.	wadją	wadjō
Gen.	wadjas, wadis	wadjǫ̂
Dat.	wadjai	wadjamaz
Inst.	wadjō	wadjamiz
Voc.	wadją	wadjō

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Descendants

*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wadium (Medieval Latin)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- *weddi (Old Dutch)
  - wedde (Middle Dutch)
    - wedde (Dutch)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wedd (Old English)
  - wedde, wed (Middle English)
    - wed, wod, wad (Scots)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- gage, guage, gaige, wage (Old French)
  - gagi (Piedmontese)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- gage, guage, gaige, wage (Old French)
  - gage (Middle English)
    - gage (English)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- gage, guage, gaige, wage (Old French)
  - gage (Middle French)
    - gage (French)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- gage, guage, gaige, wage (Old French)
  - gager, gagier, guagier (Old French)
    - gagen (Middle English)
      - gage (English)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- gage, guage, gaige, wage (Old French)
  - gager, gagier, guagier (Old French)
    - guagier, gager (Middle French)
      - gager (French)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- gage, guage, gaige, wage (Old French)
  - gager, gagier, guagier (Old French)
    - gageure (Old French)
      - gageure, gageüre (French)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wedde, wed (Old Frisian)
  - Wädde (Saterland Frisian)
  - wet (West Frisian)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wetti (Old High German)
  - wette (Middle High German)
    - Wette (German)
    - Wett (Luxembourgish)
    - וועט (vet) (Yiddish)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wage (Old Northern French)
  - wage (Middle English)
    - wage (English)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wage (Old Northern French)
  - wagier (Old Northern French)
    - wagen (Middle English)
      - wage (English)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- wage (Old Northern French)
  - wagier (Old Northern French)
    - wageure, wagour (Old Northern French)
      - wager, waiour, wageour, waiowre, wagour (Middle English)
        
        wager (English)
*wadi (Proto-West Germanic)
- weddi (Old Saxon)
  - wedde (Middle Low German)
    - Wedde, Wedd (German Low German)
*ᚹᚨᛞᛃᚨ (*wadja) (Proto-Norse)
- vað, veð (Old Norse)
  - veð (Faroese)
  - veð (Icelandic)
  - vad, vedd (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*ᚹᚨᛞᛃᚨ (*wadja) (Proto-Norse)
- vað, veð (Old Norse)
  - vaþ, væþ (Old Swedish)
    - vad (Swedish)
𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi) (Gothic)

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