Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wadi

This Proto-West 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.

From Proto-Germanic *wadją.

*wadi n

1. wager, stake, pledge

• *waddjōn

• Old English: wedd
  • Middle English: wedde, wed
    • Scots: wed, wod, wad
• Old Frisian: wedde, wed
  • Saterland Frisian: Wädde
  • West Frisian: wet
• Old Saxon: weddi
  • Middle Low German: wedde
    • German Low German: Wedde, Wedd
• Old Dutch: *weddi
  • Middle Dutch: wedde
    • Dutch: wedde
• Old High German: wetti
  • Middle High German: wette
    • German: Wette
    • Luxembourgish: Wett
    • Yiddish: וועט (vet)
• → Medieval Latin: wadium
• → Old French: gage, guage, gaige, wage
  • Middle French: gage
    • French: gage
  • → Middle English: gage
    • English: gage
  • ⇒ Old French: gager, gagier, guagier
    • Middle French: guagier, gager
      • French: gager
    • → Middle English: gagen
      • English: gage
    • ⇒ Old French: gageure
      • French: gageure, gageüre
  • → Piedmontese: gagi
• → Old Northern French: wage
  • → Middle English: wage
    • English: wage
  • ⇒ Old Northern French: wagier
    • → Middle English: wagen
      • English: wage
    • ⇒ Old Northern French: wageure, wagour
      • → Middle English: wager, waiour, wageour, waiowre, wagour
        • English: wager