Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biskopadōm

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 *biskop +‎ *-dōm.

Noun

*biskopadōm m

  1. bishopric

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *biskopadōm
Genitive *biskopadōmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *biskopadōm *biskopadōmō, *biskopadōmōs
Accusative *biskopadōm *biskopadōmā
Genitive *biskopadōmas *biskopadōmō
Dative *biskopadōmē *biskopadōmum
Instrumental *biskopadōmu *biskopadōmum

Descendants

  • Old English: bisċopdōm, bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm
    • Middle English: biscopdom, biscopdome, *bischopdom
  • Old Frisian: *biskopdōm, *biskedōm
    • Saterland Frisian: Bisdom (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
    • West Frisian: bisdom (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: *biscopdōm
    • Middle Low German: bischopdôm, bischopdum, bischedôm, biscopdûm
      • German Low German: Bischopdom
  • Old Dutch: *biscopdōm
  • Old High German: biskoftuom, biscoftuom, bistuom
    • Middle High German: bischoftuom, bischtuom, bistum, pischtuom
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