wade

wade
wade (v.) O.E. wadan "to go forward, proceed," in poetic use only, except as oferwaden "wade across," from P.Gmc. *wadan (Cf. O.N. vaða, Dan. vade, O.Fris. wada, Du. waden, O.H.G. watan, Ger. waten "to wade"), from PIE root *wadh- "to go," found only in Germanic and Latin (Cf. L. vadere "to go," vadum "shoal, ford," vadare "to wade"). Italian guado, Fr. gué "ford" are Germanic loan-words.
Specifically of walking into water from c.1200. Originally a strong verb (p.t. wod, pp. wad); weak since 16c. Figurative sense of "to go into" (action, battle, etc.) is recorded from late 14c. Related: Waded; wading.

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