vad

From Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water, ford”), from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

• IPA^(key): /vad/, [vað]

vad n (singular definite vadet, plural indefinite vad)

1. (rare) ford (a crossing)

• vadested

• vade ("wade")

See vade (“to wade”).

• IPA^(key): /vaːd/, [væːˀð]

vad

1. imperative of vade

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wamta (“forest”).[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒd]

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vad (comparative vadabb, superlative legvadabb)

1. wild, untamed
2. uncontrolled, unregulated

• szelíd

• vadon

vad (plural vadak)

1. game (wild animal)

vad

1. imperative of vade

From Latin vadum (“shallow, ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

• Rhymes: -ad

vad n (plural vaduri)

1. ford

• vădos

• IPA^(key): /vɑː(d)/, [vɑː(d̪)]

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From Old Norse hvat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷod. Closely related to German was and English what and cognates in other languages in the branch of Germanic languages. Other IE cognates are Latin qui, quae, quod and the derived words of its successors in the family of Romance languages.

vad

1. what

From Old Swedish vaþ, væþ, from Old Norse veð, from Proto-Germanic *wadją. Cognate with Old English wedd.

vad n

1. bet, wager

From Old Swedish vaþ, from Old Norse vað, from Proto-Germanic *wadą, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

vad n

1. a ford, a place for wading, short for vadställe

The form vad appeared around 1807, was earlier vada or vade, plural vador. Hellquist[1] is undecided concerning the origin:

• It might be Latin vatax, vatius, varus, pertaining to having bent feet.
• It might be Old Swedish vaþve, Icelandic vöðvi, Old Norse vǫðvi, Proto-Germanic *waþwô. (muscle)
• It might be Old Saxon watho, Old High German wado, German Wade.

vad c

1. (anatomy) calf; the back side of the lower part of the leg.

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