Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*wedʰ-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-, most common first.
- wedTo perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
- wageAn amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
- engageTo engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- voivodeshipThe office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”).