Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/stabawurti

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 *stab (“staff”) +‎ *wurti (“root, spice”).

Noun

*stabawurti f

1. southernwood

   Synonyms: *abruttjā, *abrūtā

Declension

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*stabawurti
Genitive	*stabawurtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*stabawurti	*stabawurtī
Accusative	*stabawurti	*stabawurtī
Genitive	*stabawurtī	*stabawurtijō
Dative	*stabawurtī	*stabawurtim, *stabawurtijum
Instrumental	*stabawurtī	*stabawurtim, *stabawurtijum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: stafwurt
  • Middle Low German: stafwort
• Old High German: stabawurz
  • Middle High German: stabwurz
    • German: Stabwurz

Further reading

• Tiefenbach, Heinrich (2010) “stafwurt”, in Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch [A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., →DOI, →ISBN, page 368.