Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/badu

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 *badwō.

Noun

*badu f[1]

  1. battle

Inflection

wō-stem
Singular
Nominative *badu
Genitive *badwā
Singular Plural
Nominative *badu *badwō
Accusative *badwā *badwā
Genitive *badwā *badwō
Dative *badwē *badwōm, *badum
Instrumental *badu *badwōm, *badum

Descendants

  • Old English: badu, beado, beadu
  • Old Saxon: *badu (in compounds and personal names)
  • Old High German: *badu, *batu (in personal names)

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42: “PWGmc *badu, *badwō-”
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