Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/budô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the zero-grade of *beudaną (“to command; to offer”) +‎ *-ô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ðɔːː/

Noun

*budô m

1. messenger

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *budô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*budô	*budaniz
vocative	*budô	*budaniz
accusative	*budanų	*budanunz
genitive	*budiniz	*budanǫ̂
dative	*budini	*budammaz
instrumental	*budinē	*budammiz

Derived terms

• *budōną

Related terms

• *budą

Descendants

• Old English: boda
  • Middle English: bode
    • English: bode
• Old Frisian: boda
• Old Saxon: bodo
  • German Low German: Baad
• Old Dutch: bodo
  • Middle Dutch: bōde
    • Dutch: bode
• Old High German: boto
  • Middle High German: bote
    • German: Bote
    • Luxembourgish: Buet
• Old Norse: boði
  • Icelandic: boði
  • Old Swedish: buþi (in compounds)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 81–82