u̯āt-2

    u̯āt-2

    English meaning: to bend, curve

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “krũmmen, biegen”

    Material: Lat. vatüx, -ücis “krumme or schiefe Fũße habend”, vatius “einwärtsgebogen, crooked”, vatia “ someone with crooked Beinen”, vascus (*vat-scos) “quer, slant, skew”; Gmc. *waÞwan- “ curvature, bend”, then with engerer meaning “calf, knee-bend “: O.Ice. vǫðvi m. “Muskeln, esp. thick Muskeln an Armen and Beinen”, afl-vǫðvi “biceps”, Nor. vodve “ thick Muskeln an Arm and leg” etc., O.H.G. wado m. ‘sura, suffrago”, M.H.G. wade “calf”, alts. uuathan ‘suras”, M.N.Ger. wade “calf”, M.Du.wade f. “ knee-bend, popliteus “; Connection with Lat. vürus “apart gebogen, auswärtsgehend, dachsbeinig” etc. (root *u̯ü-) is probably. Maybe Alb. var “hang”

    References: WP. I 216, WH. II 736 f.