Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waizdaz

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

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (“to wither; fade”). Or, from a substrate source in common with Latin vitrum (“woad”). Compare also Ancient Greek ἰσάτις (isátis, “woad”).

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑi̯z.dɑz/

Noun

*waizdaz m

1. woad

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *waizdaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waizdaz	*waizdōz, *waizdōs
vocative	*waizd	*waizdōz, *waizdōs
accusative	*waizdą	*waizdanz
genitive	*waizdas, *waizdis	*waizdǫ̂
dative	*waizdai	*waizdamaz
instrumental	*waizdō	*waizdamiz

Related terms

• *wizdilō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *waiʀd, *waid
  • Old English: wād, weard, *weald
    • Middle English: wad, wod, wadde, wode
      • Scots: wad, waid
      • English: woad
    • Middle English: welde, wolde
      • English: weld, wold
  • Old Frisian: wēd
  • Old Saxon: wēd
    • Middle Low German: wêt, weit
  • Old Dutch: *wēd, *weid
    • Middle Dutch: wede, weet
      • Dutch: wede
  • Old High German: weit
    • Middle High German: weit
      • German: Waid
        • → Danish: vajd
        • → Swedish: vejde
    • → Czech: vejt
    • → Russian: ва́йда (vájda)
  • →? Medieval Latin: waisdum, guaisdium, waisda, waida
    • Old French: guesde, gaide, waisde, waide
      • Middle French: guede
        • French: guède
    • Italian: guado
    • Piedmontese: vaud
• Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌳𐍃 (*waisds)
  • → Medieval Latin: waisdus; waisdum; waisdo
    • → Old French: guesde
      • Middle French: guede
        • French: guède