Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mādu

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

Alternative forms

  • *madu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, *madwō (reconstructed by Kroonen as an ablauting noun *mēþwō, *madw-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁-.

Noun

*mādu f

  1. meadow, clearing

Inflection

wō-stem
Singular
Nominative *mādu
Genitive *mādwā
Singular Plural
Nominative *mādu *mādwō
Accusative *mādwā *mādwā
Genitive *mādwā *mādwō
Dative *mādwē *mādwōm, *mādum
Instrumental *mādu *mādwōm, *mādum

Descendants

  • Old English: mǣd, mēd — Anglian, Kentish
    • Middle English: mede, medwe
  • Old Frisian: mēde, mēd[1]
    • North Frisian:
      Föhr-Amrum: miad
      Goesharde: mäid
      Halligen: meed
      Karrharde: meed
      Wiedingharde: mäid- (in compounds such as mäidfjin)
    • East Frisian:
      Harlingerland Frisian: meede, mehde
      Saterland Frisian: Mäid
    • West Frisian: miede
    • → Middle Low German: mede
      • German Low German: Meed, Mede
        • ⇒ German Low German: Meedje
  • Old Dutch: *māda
  • Old High German: *mata (< *madu)

References

  1. ^ Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “miede”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary‎[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 34.
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