Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weud
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wi-wdʰ-o-m, an archaic reduplicated noun formation of *wedʰ- (“to wind; bend; entangle; tie”). Note however that this pattern is extremely rare: *bebruz and *hwehwlą are the only reduplicated nouns that are positively reconstructed for Proto-Germanic proper (but see *gaukaz for another hypothetically potential example; and in West Germanic there is *weukā (“wisp, wick”) among a few others).
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun edit
*weud n
- weed (unwanted plant)
Inflection edit
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *weud | |
| Genitive | *weudas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *weud | *weudu |
| Accusative | *weud | *weudu |
| Genitive | *weudas | *weudō |
| Dative | *weudē | *weudum |
| Instrumental | *weudu | *weudum |