wed-

I. wed-¹

Water; wet.

Derivatives include water, hydrant, redundant, otter, and vodka.

1. Suffixed o-grade form *wod-ōr.

a. water, from Old English wæter, water;

b. kirschwasser, from Old High German wassar, water. Both a and b from Germanic *watar.

2. Suffixed lengthened-grade form *wēd-o-. wet, from Old English wǣt, wēt, wet, from Germanic *wēd-.

3. O-grade form *wod-. wash, from Old English wæscan, wacsan, to wash, from Germanic suffixed form *wat-skan, to wash.

4. Nasalized form *we-n-d-. winter, from Old English winter, winter, from Germanic *wintruz, winter, “wet season.”

5. Suffixed zero-grade form *ud-ōr. hydrant, hydro-, hydrous, utricle; anhydrous, clepsydra, dropsy, hydathode, hydatid, from Greek hudōr, water.

6. Suffixed nasalized zero-grade form *u-n-d-ā-. undine, undulate; abound, inundate, redound, redundant, surround, from Latin unda, wave.

7. Suffixed zero-grade form *ud-ro-, *ud-rā-, water animal.

a. otter, from Old English otor, otter, from Germanic *otraz, otter;

b. nutria, from Latin lutra, otter (with obscure l-);

c. Hydrus, from Greek hudros, a water snake;

d. Hydra, hydrilla, from Greek hudrā, a water serpent, Hydra.

8. Suffixed zero-grade form *ud-skio-. usquebaugh, whiskey, from Old Irish uisce, water.

9. Suffixed o-grade form *wod-ā-. vodka, from Russian voda, water.

 

[Pokorny 9. au̯(e)- 78.]

  II. wed-²

To speak. Oldest form *ə₂wed-.

1. Possible reduplicated form *əwe-ud- becoming *awe-ud-, dissimilated to *aweid-, with suffixed o-grade form *awoid-o-, becoming Greek aweid-, to sing (but more likely from a separate root *ə₂weid-). ode; comedy, epode, hymnody, melody, monody, parody, rhapsody, tragedy, from Greek aeidein (Attic āidein), to sing, and aoidē (Attic ōidē), song, ode, with aoidos (Attic ōidos), a singer, singing.

2. Suffixed o-grade form *wod-o-. Theravada, from Sanskrit vādaḥ, sound, statement.

 

[Pokorny 6. au- 76.]

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