Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bed

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

From Proto-Germanic *bedą.

Noun

*bed n

prayer
Synonyms: *bedu, *gabed

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bed
Genitive	*bedas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bed	*bedu
Accusative	*bed	*bedu
Genitive	*bedas	*bedō
Dative	*bedē	*bedum
Instrumental	*bedu	*bedum

Derived terms

*gabed

Descendants

Old English: bed
- Middle English: bed, bede (through confluence with descendants of Old English ġebed)
  - English: bead
  - Scots: bede, beid
Old High German: *bet
- Middle High German: bët, bëte
  - German: Bet