veðja
Icelandic
/ˈvɛðja/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to bet
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse veðja (bet, pledge) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (pledge, wager, secure).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wadjōną
Gloss
pledge, wager, secure
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disengage English
- engage English
- engageable English
- engager English
- engagest English
- engageth English
- engagor English
- gage English
- preengage English
- re-engage English
- vaatia Finnish
- verwetten German
- wetten German
- verwedden Dutch, Flemish
- wedden Dutch, Flemish
- weddenschap Dutch, Flemish
- wedder Dutch, Flemish
- *wedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- vedde Norwegian Bokmål
- *an- Proto-Germanic
- *wadją Proto-Germanic
- *wadjōną Proto-Germanic
- vedda Norwegian Nynorsk
- engagen Middle English
- veðja Old Norse
- veðjast Old Norse
- vædde Danish
- veti Esperanto
- wedden Middle Dutch
- wettōn Old High German
- wetten Middle High German
- wetten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *waddjōn gmw-pro
- væþia Old Swedish
- *weddōn Frankish