wade
English
/weɪd/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to walk through water or something that impedes progress.
- (intransitive) to progress with difficulty
- (transitive) to walk through (water or similar impediment); to pass through by wading
- (intransitive) To enter recklessly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English waden inherited from Old English wadan inherited from Proto-Germanic *wadaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (go, pass, cross, walk, wade), *weh₂dʰ- (go, pass, cross, walk, wade).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*weh₂dʰ-
Gloss
go, pass, cross, walk, wade
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wadebridge English
- bridge English
- evade English
- invader English
- pervader English
- pervasive English
- wadable English
- waddle English
- waddler English
- waddly English
- wadeable English
- wader English
- wadest English
- wadeth English
- alāre Latin
- evasionem Latin
- invado Latin
- invasivus Latin
- invādō Latin
- invāsiōnem Latin
- pervado Latin
- transvado Latin
- vadum Latin
- vādō Latin
- Watvogel German
- durchwaten German
- waten German
- aller French
- *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wadaną Proto-Germanic
- *wadą Proto-Germanic
- anwadan Old English
- geondwadan Old English
- gewadan Old English
- oferwadan Old English
- onwadan Old English
- wadan Old English
- þurhwadan Old English
- *wadlen Middle English
- waden Middle English
- vaða Old Norse
- vadi Esperanto
- watan Old High German
- waten Middle High German
- vete Albanian
- aller Middle French
- *wadan Old Dutch
- wadan Old Saxon
- *wāðō Proto-Italic
- lâ Friulian
- *wa(d) Proto-Albanian
- *wadmi Proto-Albanian
- vis Dalmatian
- *aliu Gaulish