Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/abbadejā

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *abbadea, *abbadegia, from Latin abbātia (“abbey”).

Noun

*abbadejā f

(Christianity) abbey

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*abbadejā
Genitive	*abbadejōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*abbadejā	*abbadejōn
Accusative	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōn
Genitive	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōnō
Dative	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōm
Instrumental	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōm

Alternative reconstructions

*abbadejā, *abbadigā

Descendants

Old Saxon: *abbadea, *abbadiga
- Middle Low German: abbedīe, abdie, abdīe, abdīge, abbedīge
  - → Danish: abbedi
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: abbedi
Old Dutch: *abbadea
- Middle Dutch: abedîe, abdîe
  - Dutch: abdij
Old High German: abbateia, *abbatiga
- Middle High German: abbeteie, abbatīe, aptīge, abbetīe, abdīe, abtei, aptei
  - German: Abtei
  - Luxembourgish: Abtei