Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wegabraidā

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

*wegabraidijā

Etymology

From *weg (“way”) and a derivative of *braid (“broad”).

Noun

*wegabraidā f

plantain (Plantago major)

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wegabraidā
Genitive	*wegabraidōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wegabraidā	*wegabraidōn
Accusative	*wegabraidōn	*wegabraidōn
Genitive	*wegabraidōn	*wegabraidōnō
Dative	*wegabraidōn	wegabraidōm, wegabraidum
Instrumental	*wegabraidōn	wegabraidōm, wegabraidum

Descendants

Old English: weġbrǣde, weġbrāde
- Middle English: weybrede, veybrede, waybred, waybrede, waybrode, waye-brede, wey-brod, weybrode, weye-bred, weyebrede, webrade, webræde, weȝbræde, weibrade, weibreode (Early Middle English)
  - English: waybread, waybred
  - ⇒ Scots: waaverin leaf
Old Saxon: wegabrēda
- Middle Low German: wēgebrêde, wēgebreide, wēgeblêde
- → Old Swedish: væghbredha
  - Swedish: vägbreda
- → Old Danish: væghbrethe
  - Danish: vejbred
    - Norwegian Bokmål: vegbrei
Old Dutch: *wegabrēda
- Middle Dutch: wēgebrêde, wēgebreide, wēghebrêede
  - Dutch: weegbree
    - → Limburgish: weebree
  - Limburgish: waegbrei
Old High German: wegabreita
- Middle High German: wëgebreite, wëgebreit, wëgbreit
  - German: Wegebreit, Wegbreit
  - Luxembourgish: Weebreet
  - Rhine Franconian: Wegbreet
    Palatine German: Wääbräät, Wääbrett, Wäjebräät, Weebräät

References

Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Wegbreit”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN: “westgerm. *wega-braiþō”