Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vad/, [vað]

Noun

vad n (singular definite vadet, plural indefinite vad)

1. (rare) ford (a crossing)

Inflection

Synonyms

• vadested

Related terms

• vade ("wade")

Etymology 2

See vade ‎(“to wade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaːd/, [væːˀð]

Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wamta.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒd]

Adjective

vad (comparative vadabb, superlative legvadabb)

1. wild, untamed
2. uncontrolled, unregulated

Declension

Antonyms

• szelíd

Derived terms

• vadon

Noun

vad ‎(plural vadak)

1. game (wild animal)

Declension

Derived terms

• vadász

References

1. ↑ Entry #1114 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vad

1. imperative of vade

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

vad n ‎(plural vaduri)

1. ford

Declension

Related terms

• vădos

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɑː(d)/, [vɑː(d̪)]

Etymology 1

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.

Pronoun

vad

1. what

Etymology 2

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

Noun

vad n

1. bet, wager

Declension

Etymology 3

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

Noun

vad n

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

Declension

Etymology 4

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.

Noun

vad c

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

Declension

See also

• vadmuskel

References

1. ↑ vad 1 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)