*waþwô

Runic: ᚹᚨᚦᚹᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwɑ.θwɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

calf
muscle

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *uH-two- from a root Proto-Indo-European *weH-, from which Sanskrit ऊरु (ūrú-) (ūrú-, ‘calf’) could also be derived. Probably not related to Latin vatius (‘bent outward’) and Latin vatāx (‘having a deformity of the feet’), as the connection between “calf” and “bend” is weak.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	waþwô	waþwaniz
Acc.	waþwanų	waþwanunz
Gen.	waþwiniz	waþwanǫ̂
Dat.	waþwini	waþwammaz
Inst.	waþwinē	waþwammiz
Voc.	waþwô	waþwaniz

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Descendants

watho (Old Saxon)
- wāde (Middle Low German)
  - Waad (German Low German)
*watho (Old Dutch)
- wade, waede, waeye (Middle Dutch)
  - wade, waai (Dutch)
    - waai (Afrikaans)
wado (Old High German)
- wade (Middle High German)
  - Wade (German)
  - Wued (Luxembourgish)
vǫðvi (Old Norse)
- vøddi (Faroese)
- vöðvi (Icelandic)
- vodve, vovde, vodd, vørve, vauve, vodje, modve (Norwegian Nynorsk)
vǫðvi (Old Norse)
- vaþve (Old Swedish)
  - vad (Swedish)

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