Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waþwô

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.

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *uH-two- from a root Proto-Indo-European *weH-, from which Sanskrit ऊरु (ūrú-, “calf”) could also be derived. Probably not related to Latin vatius (“bent outward”) and Latin vatāx (“having a deformity of the feet”), as the connection between “calf” and “bend” is weak.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.θwɔːː/

*waþwô m

1. (anatomy) calf
2. muscle

• Old Saxon: watho
  • Middle Low German: wāde
    • German Low German: Waad
• Old Dutch: *watho
  • Middle Dutch: wade, waede, waeye
    • Dutch: wade, waai
      • Afrikaans: waai
• Old High German: wado
  • Middle High German: wade
    • German: Wade
    • Luxembourgish: Wued
• Old Norse: vǫðvi
  • Icelandic: vöðvi
  • Faroese: vøddi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vodve; (dialectal) vovde, vodd, vørve, vauve, vodje, modve
  • Old Swedish: vaþve
    • Swedish: vad

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 1157. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)