Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/weh₂dʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*weh₂dʰ-

1. to go, to proceed
2. to pass, to traverse

Derived terms

• *weh₂dʰ- (full-grade root present)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: գամ (gam)
      • Armenian: գալ (gal)
  • Proto-Italic: *wāðō
    • Latin: vādō (see there for further descendants)
• *uh₂dʰ- (zero-grade root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wadaną (“to wade”) (see there for further descendants)
• *uh₂dʰ-om (“shallow water, ford”) (Unclear; long ū would be expected in the Germanic and Italic branches. Perhaps w- was restored by analogy with the verb?)
  • >? Proto-Albanian: *wa(d)
    • Albanian: va
  • Proto-Germanic: *wadą (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *waðom
    • Latin: vadum (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations
  • Proto-Albanian: *wadmi
    • Albanian: *wem
      • Albanian: vete
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: >? Hittite: to come (uwami)
  • Celtic:
    • Welsh: go-di-wawd (“overtook”)