Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/badu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Germanic *badwō.

Noun

*badu f[1]

battle

Inflection

Feminine wō-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*badu	*badwō
Accusative	*badwā	*badwā
Genitive	*badwā	*badwō
Dative	*badwē	*badwōm
Instrumental	*badu	*badwōm

Descendants

Old English: badu, beado, beadu
- ⇒ Old English: *beaduhōc
  - ⇒ Middle English: *bedhok, bedocke
    - English: beadhook, beedhook, bidhook
Old Saxon: badu (in compounds and personal names)
Old High German: badu, batu, pato (in personal names)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42: “PWGmc *badu, *badwō-”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 42: “PWGmc *badu, *badwō-”