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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/landabūwô
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *landą (“land”) + *būwô (“dweller”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑn.dɑ.ˌbu.wɔːː/
Noun
*landabūwô m[1]
- inhabitant, countryman
Inflection
| masculine an-stemDeclension of *landabūwô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *landabūwô | *landabūwaniz | |
| vocative | *landabūwô | *landabūwaniz | |
| accusative | *landabūwanų | *landabūwanunz | |
| genitive | *landabūwiniz | *landabūwanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *landabūwini | *landabūwammaz | |
| instrumental | *landabūwinē | *landabūwammiz | |
Descendants
- Old High German: lantbūo, lantbūwo
- Old Norse: landbúi
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*landa-būwōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 235