Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wardu

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 *wardō.

Noun

*wardu f

1. attention, watch, guard
2. watch post, lookout

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wardu
Genitive	*wardā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wardu	*wardō
Accusative	*wardā	*wardā
Genitive	*wardā	*wardō
Dative	*wardē	*wardōm, *wardum
Instrumental	*wardu	*wardōm, *wardum

Descendants

• Old English: weard, uueard
  • Middle English: warde, ward
    • Scots: ward
    • English: ward
• Old Saxon: warda
  • Middle Low German: warde
• Old Dutch: *warda (in placenames)
  • Middle Dutch: wāerde
• Old High German: warta
  • Middle High German: warte
    • German: Warte
• → Medieval Latin: warda (see there for further descendants)