Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bodag

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 *budagą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, observe”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*bodag n

1. body, trunk, corpse

   Synonyms: *būk, *līk, *līkahamō

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bodag
Genitive	*bodagas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bodag	*bodagu
Accusative	*bodag	*bodagu
Genitive	*bodagas	*bodagō
Dative	*bodagē	*bodagum
Instrumental	*bodagu	*bodagum

Descendants

• Old English: bodeġ, bodiġ
  • Middle English: bodiȝ, body
    • Scots: body, bodie, boady, buddy, bothie
    • English: body
      • → Dutch: body (leotard; body; substance)
      • → German: Body (leotard, bodysuit)
• Old High German: botah
  • Middle High German: botech, botich, potich, potech
    • Swabian: Bottich