Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wadilą

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom. Cognate with Latin vadum (ford).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*wadilą n

  1. ford

Inflection[edit]

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wadilą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wadilą *wadilō
vocative *wadilą *wadilō
accusative *wadilą *wadilō
genitive *wadilas, *wadilis *wadilǫ̂
dative *wadilai *wadilamaz
instrumental *wadilō *wadilamiz

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Saxon: widil
  • German: Wedel
  • Old Norse: vaðall, vaðill

References[edit]

  • Jürgen Udolph: Probleme und Wege der Namenforschung im Braunschweiger Land. In: Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch für Landesgeschichte. 1997. P. 22.