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English word wed comes from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *wadją (Wager, stake, pledge.)
*wedʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to join
*wadją (Proto-Germanic)
Wager, stake, pledge.
*wadjōną (Proto-Germanic)
To wager, to pledge.
weddian (Old English)
To betroth. To pledge, to promise. To wed, to marry.
weddien (Middle English)
wed (English)
(Northern England, Scotland) To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.. (figurative, intransitive) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.. (figuratively, transitive) To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.. (intransitive) To take a spouse.. (transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.. (transitive) To take as one's spouse.