Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bodaskapi

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 *budaskapiz. Equivalent to *bod +‎ *-skapi.

Noun

*bodaskapi m

1. message
2. ordinance, command

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bodaskapi
Genitive	*bodaskapī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bodaskapi	*bodaskapī
Accusative	*bodaskapi	*bodaskapī
Genitive	*bodaskapī	*bodaskappjō
Dative	*bodaskapī	*bodaskapim, *bodaskappjum
Instrumental	*bodaskapī	*bodaskapim, *bodaskappjum

Descendants

• Old English: bodsċipe
• Old Saxon: bodskepi
  • Low German: Böskupp
• Old Dutch: *bodascap
  • Middle Dutch: bōdeschap
    • Dutch: boodschap
      • Afrikaans: boodskap
      • Negerhollands: boodskap, boskap
      • → Caribbean Javanese: boskap
      • → Sranan Tongo: boskopu
        • Aukan: bosikopu
        • Saramaccan: bosikópu
        • → Lokono: boskopo
• Old High German: botascaf
  • German: Botschaft