Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gabed

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 *ga- +‎ *bed.

Noun

*gabed n

1. prayer

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gabed
Genitive	*gabedas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gabed	*gabedu
Accusative	*gabed	*gabedu
Genitive	*gabedas	*gabedō
Dative	*gabedē	*gabedum
Instrumental	*gabedu	*gabedum

Derived terms

• *gabedōn

Descendants

• Old English: ġebed, ġebæd, ġebedd
  • Middle English: bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede; ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (partially from Old English bedu)
    • English: bead (bede)
    • Scots: bead, bede, beid
• Old Saxon: gibed
  • Middle Low German: gebet
    • German Low German: Gebedd
    • → Saterland Frisian: Gebäd
• Old Dutch: gebet
  • Middle Dutch: gebet
    • Dutch: gebed
      • Afrikaans: gebed
      • Negerhollands: gebed, gobėt, gobėd
    • → West Frisian: gebet
• Old High German: gibet
  • Middle High German: gebët
    • Cimbrian: gapéet
    • German: Gebet