See also: Weda, węda, and Węda

Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wed-, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-. Related to Lithuanian vèsti (to guide, lead), Latvian vest (to lead), Old Prussian westwey (to lead).[1][2]

Noun

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weda

  1. trail, route

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 81:weda ‘kelias, l. szlach’ 126.
  2. ^ vèsti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. weda s. ‘Landstraße’”.

West Makian

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Etymology

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An unexplained alteration of peda.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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weda

  1. Alternative form of peda (machete)

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics