*waiþō

Runic: ᚹᚨᛁᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑi̯.θɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

  1. a hunt, pursuit, chase
  2. a pasture, grassland, food

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁-teh₂, from *weyh₁- (‘to chase, pursue, suppress’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.waiþōwaiþôz
Acc.waiþǭwaiþōz
Gen.waiþōzwaiþǫ̂
Dat.waiþōiwaiþōmaz
Inst.waiþōwaiþōmiz
Voc.waiþōwaiþôz

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Descendants

  • *waiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weitha (Old Dutch)
      • weide, wêde (Middle Dutch)
        • wede, wee (West Flemish)
  • *waiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weitha (Old Dutch)
      • weide, wêde (Middle Dutch)
        • weide, wei (Dutch)
          • weide, wei (Afrikaans)
  • *waiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • wāþ (Old English)
      • wathe, waith, wayth (Middle English)
        • wathe (English)
        • waith (Scots)
  • *waiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *wāth, *wēth (Old Frisian)
      • Weede (Saterland Frisian)
      • weide (West Frisian)
  • *waiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • weida (Old High German)
      • weide (Middle High German)
        • weidu (Alemannic German)
        • Weide (German)
  • *waiþu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *weitha (Old Saxon)
      • weide (Middle Low German)
        • Weide, Weid (German Low German)

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