Proto-IE: *wedh- (Gr w-)
Meaning: to yoke, to join together
Old Indian: vī̆vadhá- m. `shoulder-yoke for carrying burdens; store of grain or hay, provisions', vadhra- m.n. `leathern strap or thong'
Old Greek: *wethmó-s: ethmói = polloí, desmói, plókamoi Hsch.
Celtic: OIr fedan f. `Gespann, Geschirr', gen. coibedna `conjurationis', fedil `Joch', Cymr gwedd `Joch', gweddu `jochen'
Russ. meaning: соединять в пару, ярмом
