Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vada

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Action noun of *vaditi (“to argue, to accuse, to hamper”) +‎ *-a.

West Slavic meaning is derived from the figurative “slander, defamation” → “flaw”. Similar semantic shift is observed with synonymous *porokъ (in East, South Slavic).

*vada f

1. argument, quarrel, scuffle

   Synonyms: *svara, *dręzga

2. (figurative, abstract) accusation, slander

   Synonyms: *kleveta, *xula, *porokъ

3. (by extension) defect, flaw (West Slavic)

• *dovada
• *obada (“slander”)
• *sъvada (“brawl, scuffle”)
• *zavada
• *vadьba
• *vadьnъ (adjective)

• East Slavic:
  • Old Belarusian: вада (vada, “slander”)
    • Belarusian: ва́да (váda, “defect”)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: ва́дка (vádka, “scuffle, brawl”)
  • Russian: ва́да (váda, “scuffle”)
    • ⇒ Russian: ва́дьба (vádʹba, “accusation”)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сва́да (sváda, “argument, quarrel, scuffle”)
  • Ukrainian: ва́да (váda, “defect”)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: вада (vada, “accusation”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vada, váda
  • Polish: wada
  • Slovak: vada
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wada

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вада”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Anikin, A. E. (2011) “вада II”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 317

Action noun of *vaditi (“to pull, to tug”) +‎ *-a.

*vàda f^[1]

1. conduct, endeavour

   Coordinate terms: *vodъ, *vedenьje, *vadežь

• *vaďa (ja-stem, < *vaďati +‎ *-a)

• *navada (“habit, conduct”)
• *povada (“habit”)
• *zavada (“exercise”)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ва́да (váda), пова́дка (povádka, “habit”)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: váda, vája (tonal orthography)

• Anikin, A. E. (2011) “вада I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 317

Unclear:

• Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *voda (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (with acute and lengthening due to Winter's law). Perhaps parallel to Russian ва́дья (vádʹja, “puddle”), Belarusian ва́дкі (vádki, “watery”).
• Identical to Etymology 2 (per BER), analogous to Latvian vads (“pipe, conduction line”).
• Borrowed or cognate with Latin vadum (“ford”) (whence Romanian vad), Proto-Germanic *wadą (“shallow water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to pass, to wade”). Favoured by Melnychuk for the Ukrainian descendant.

*vàda f

1. irrigation channel, duct
2. source of water

• *vadišče (augmentative)

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ва́да (váda, “puddle, body of water”) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Russian: ва́дега (vádega), ва́дига (vádiga)
  • Ukrainian: ва́да (váda, “groove”) (possibly from Romanian)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ва́да (váda)
  • Macedonian: вада (vada)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Serbo-Croatian: ва̏да

    Serbo-Croatian: vȁda

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вадья”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Anikin, A. E. (2011) “вада IV”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 318
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вада”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 318
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вада”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 111