woad
English
noun
Definitions
- (countable) The plant .
- (countable) The blue dye made from the leaves of the plant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wode inherited from Old English wād (woad, woad-dye) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waidą derived from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ- (woad).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*woydʰ-
Gloss
woad
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Watton-at-Stone English
- woaded English
- woaden English
- woadster English
- woady English
- wode English
- wood English
- guado Italian
- wede Dutch, Flemish
- guède French
- *wis- Proto-Indo-European
- *woydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wadą Proto-Germanic
- *waidą Proto-Germanic
- wad Old English
- wudu Old English
- wād Old English
- wōd Old English
- wode Middle English
- wodegeld Middle English
- wodester Middle English
- vód Irish
- g(u)esde, guesde Old French
- wēde Middle Dutch
- guede Middle French