Etymograph

English

vada

Vada comes from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑀕 ‘fried ball of pulses’, and goes back to Sanskrit वटक.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवटक‘round cake of pulse fried in oil’
  2. Prakritmodern𑀯𑀟𑀕‘fried ball of pulses’
  3. Tamilmodernவடை
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentवड़ा
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2008vada

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEवटक‘round cake of pulse fried in oil’
  2. Prakritmodern𑀯𑀟𑀕‘fried ball of pulses’
  3. Tamilmodernவடை
  4. Hindic. 1500–presentवड़ा
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2008vada

Earliest quotation: 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger: “I bought a tea and a potato vada, and…”

Every English word from Sanskrit वटक

Another origin of vada

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvidēre
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentvedere‘to see’
  6. Sabirmodernvada
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit वटक / vada

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