waden
Middle English
/ˈwaːdən/
verb
Definitions
- To move forth; to journey on or go about.
- To puncture or stab; to journey into a person's body.
- To wade; to walk through fluid:
- (rare) To reach or exist over water.
- (rare) To wax or wane.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wadan derived from Proto-Germanic *wadaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wadaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wadebridge English
- wadable English
- waddle English
- wade English
- wadeable English
- wader English
- wadest English
- wadeth English
- *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wadaną Proto-Germanic
- anwadan Old English
- geondwadan Old English
- gewadan Old English
- oferwadan Old English
- onwadan Old English
- wadan Old English
- þurhwadan Old English
- vaða Old Norse
- watan Old High German
- *wadan Old Dutch
- wadan Old Saxon