Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/badu
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *badwō.
Noun
edit*badu f[1]
Inflection
edit| wō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *badu | |
| Genitive | *badwā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *badu | *badwō |
| Accusative | *badwā | *badwā |
| Genitive | *badwā | *badwō |
| Dative | *badwē | *badwōm, *badum |
| Instrumental | *badu | *badwōm, *badum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: badu, beado, beadu
- Old Saxon: badu (in compounds and personal names)
- Old High German: badu, batu, pato (in personal names)
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42: “PWGmc *badu, *badwō-”