Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fiskōþu

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 *fiskōn +‎ *-ōþu.

Noun

*fiskōþu m[1]

  1. fishing

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *fiskōþu
Genitive *fiskōþō
Singular Plural
Nominative *fiskōþu *fiskōþiwi, *fiskōþō
Accusative *fiskōþu *fiskōþū
Genitive *fiskōþō *fiskōþiwō
Dative *fiskōþiwi, *fiskōþō *fiskōþum
Instrumental *fiskōþu *fiskōþum

Descendants

  • Old English: fiscoþ

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59: “PWGmc *fiskōþu”
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