woad

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, usually) The plant Isatis tinctoria.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

Verb

1. To plant or cultivate woad.
2. To dye with woad.

Concepten

wede

Synoniemen

ceruse

civet

collyrium

henna

rouge

gold-leaf

Isatis

artificial beauty-spot

dyer’s woad

Vertalingen

guado

guède

glast

Waid

Färberwaid

Faerberwaid

ισάτις

Isatis

μπλε ίσατης

pastel

Isatis

Blaufarbstoff

pastell

Isatis

النيلج

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wəʊd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wode

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wād

Verwant aan Old Frisian: wēd

Verwant aan Nederlands: wede

Verwant aan Duits: Waid

Verwant aan Frans: guède

Verwant aan Italiaans: guado

Verwant aan Frankish: -

In summary

From Middle English wode, from Old English wād (“woad”), from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz (“woad”), from Proto-Indo-European *woydʰ-. Cognate with Old Frisian wēd (“woad”), Dutch wede (“woad”), German Waid (“woad”), and with French guède, Italian guado (“woad”) (both borrowed from Frankish). See also weed.