*wadǭ

Runic: ᚹᚨᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.ðɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

string; rope; cord
dragnet; trawl

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *awAdʰ-, *audʰ- (‘band, weave, plait’). Cognate with Latvian vads (‘dragnet’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	wadǭ	wadōniz
Acc.	wadōnų	wadōnunz
Gen.	wadōniz	wadōnǫ̂
Dat.	wadōni	wadōmaz
Inst.	wadōnē	wadōmiz
Voc.	wadǭ	wadōniz

Descendants

*wade (Old Frisian)
- Woade (Saterland Frisian)
*wada (Old Saxon)
- wāde (Middle Low German)
*wada (Old Dutch)
- wāde (Middle Dutch)
  - wade (Dutch)
wata (Old High German)
- wate (Middle High German)
  - Wate (German)

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