Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/cedr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cedrus.

Noun

*cedr m

1. cedar tree

   Synonym: *cedrabaum

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*cedr
Genitive	*cedras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*cedr	*cedrō, *cedrōs
Accusative	*cedr	*cedrā
Genitive	*cedras	*cedrō
Dative	*cedrē	*cedrum
Instrumental	*cedru	*cedrum

Derived terms

• *cedrabaum

Descendants

• Old English: ċeder, ċedar
  • Middle English: cedre (attested 1175 as cedrus (plural); merged with Old French cedre)
    • English: cedar
    • Scots: ceder, cedir
• Old Frisian: *zeder, *seder
  • Saterland Frisian: Tseder
  • West Frisian: seder
• Old Saxon: *zeder, *zeduar, *zedwer
  • Middle Low German: sêder, sedder, ceder, cedder, sêdere, sêdewer, sêdwer, cedewer, tzedwer, seduer
    • Plautdietsch: Zeeda
• Old Dutch: *ceder
  • Middle Dutch: cēder
    • Dutch: ceder
      • Afrikaans: seder
      • → Sranan Tongo: sedre, redisedre
        • → Aukan: sédé
        • → Saramaccan: sedu
• Old High German: *zēdar, *cēdar
  • Middle High German: zēder, cēder, cēdar m
    • German: Zeder f