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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wadją.

Noun

*wadi n

1. wager, stake, pledge

Inflection

Derived terms

• *waddjōn

Descendants

• 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