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wed.

ford, shallow river crossing

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. ford, shallow river crossing

    neuter
  2. drinking place for animals

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch wedde, from a byform of Proto-Germanic *wadą, whence wad. Closely related with Middle High German wete, wettin f (“drinking place, shallow pond”). The Dutch appears to require a neuter *wadją (though feminine use is also attested), the High German a feminine īn-stem *wadį̄.

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