Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wetmô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wédh₂-mō ~ *h₁udh₂-m̥nés, from *h₁wed- (“dowry”) +‎ *-mō.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwet.mɔːː/

Noun

*wetmô m[2]

dowry, bride price

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *wetmô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wetmô	*wetmaniz
vocative	*wetmô	*wetmaniz
accusative	*wetmanų	*wetmanunz
genitive	*witminiz	*wetmanǫ̂
dative	*witmini	*wetmammaz
instrumental	*witminē	*wetmammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wetmō
- Old English: wituma, wetma, uuituma, weotoma, weotuma, weoþuma
- Old Frisian: wetma, witma
- Old Saxon: withumo
  - Middle Low German: wēdeme, widdem
- Old Dutch: withemo
  - Middle Dutch: wedeme, wedem, weeme, weme
    - Dutch: weem
- Old High German: widamo, widomo, widemo
  - Middle High German: wideme, widem
    - German: Wittum
Burgundian: witimon

References

Tremblay, Xavier (2009), “Die thematischen Wurzelpräsentia im Hethitischen”, in Akten der XII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, vom 11. bis 15. Oktober 2004 in Kraka, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 504
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wetman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583

[1] Tremblay, Xavier (2009), “Die thematischen Wurzelpräsentia im Hethitischen”, in Akten der XII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, vom 11. bis 15. Oktober 2004 in Kraka, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 504

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wetman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583