Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bed

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

From Proto-Germanic *bedą.

Noun

*bed n

1. prayer

   Synonyms: *bedu, *gabed

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bed
Genitive	*bedas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bed	*bedu
Accusative	*bed	*bedu
Genitive	*bedas	*bedō
Dative	*bedē	*bedum
Instrumental	*bedu	*bedum

Derived terms

• *gabed

Descendants

• Old English: bed
  • Middle English: bed, bede (through confluence with descendants of Old English ġebed)
    • English: bead
    • Scots: bede, beid
• Old High German: *bet
  • Middle High German: bët, bëte
    • German: Bet