Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wīdaz Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wīdaz

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*weidus wild *dwi- two dīvidō separate, sunder

adj a-stem wide broad From Pre-Germanic *h₁weydʰh₁os (‘set apart, asunder, in two’), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (‘two’) (see *dwóh₁) + *dʰeh₁- (‘to put’), apparently with dissimilation of the first d-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (‘widow’), *widuz (‘wood’), Proto-Celtic *weidus (‘wild’) and Latin dīvidō (‘separate, sunder’), vītō (‘avoid, shun’).