Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōdô

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

Alternative forms

*fōdijô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“protect, guard, graze, feed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɸɔːðɔːː/

Noun

*fōdô m

food, nourishment

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *fōdô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fōdô	*fōdaniz
vocative	*fōdô	*fōdaniz
accusative	*fōdanų	*fōdanunz
genitive	*fōdiniz	*fōdanǫ̂
dative	*fōdini	*fōdammaz
instrumental	*fōdinē	*fōdammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *fōdō
- Old English: fōda
  - Middle English: fode, foode
    - Scots: fuid, fude
    - English: food
- Old Saxon: *fōdo
  - Middle Low German: vode m or f or n
    - (German Low German: föödsaam)
    - >? Low German: föde, vöde
- Old High German: *fuota
  - Middle High German: fuote, vuote f
Old Norse: fǿða, fœða (from *fōdijǭ, *fōdijô; or alternatively, derived from the verb *fōdijaną)
- Icelandic: fæða, fæði
- Faroese: føði
- Old Swedish: føþa
  - Swedish: föda
- Old Danish: føthæ
  - Danish: føde