Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/milidauw

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 *mili (“honey”) +‎ *dauw (“dew”).

Noun

*milidauw m

1. mildew

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*milidauw
Genitive	*milidauwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*milidauw	*milidauwō, *milidauwōs
Accusative	*milidauw	*milidauwā
Genitive	*milidauwas	*milidauwō
Dative	*milidauwē	*milidauwum
Instrumental	*milidauwu	*milidauwum

Descendants

• Old English: mildēaw, meledēaw
  • Middle English: myldew, meldew, mildew, myldewe; mildeu (Early Middle English)
    • English: mildew
      • → Catalan: míldiu
      • → French: mildiou
      • → Portuguese: míldio
      • → Spanish: mildiu
• Old Frisian: *meldāw
  • West Frisian: moaldau
• Old Saxon: milidou
  • Middle Low German: meldow
    • Low German: Meldau
    • Plautdietsch: Mäldeiw
    • → Swedish: mjöldagg
    • → Danish: meldug
• Old Dutch: *milidou
  • Middle Dutch: *meledau
    • Dutch: meeldauw
• Old High German: militou
  • Middle High German: miltau
    • German: Mehltau
    • Hunsrik: Milldau
    • Luxembourgish: Mielda