Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/meduwurti

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 *meduwurtiz. Equivalent to *medu (“mead”) +‎ *wurti (“root”).

Noun

*meduwurti m

1. meadowsweet

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*meduwurti
Genitive	*meduwurtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*meduwurti	*meduwurtī
Accusative	*meduwurti	*meduwurtī
Genitive	*meduwurtī	*meduwurtijō
Dative	*meduwurtī	*meduwurtim, *meduwurtijum
Instrumental	*meduwurtī	*meduwurtim, *meduwurtijum

Descendants

• Old English: medewyrt, medowyrt
  • Middle English: medewort, medwert, medwort
    • English: meadwort, medæwart (obsolete)
• Old Saxon: *meduwurt
  • Middle Low German: mēdewurt
• Old High German: metuwurz