Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mespilabaum

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 *mespilā (“medlar”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).

Noun

*mespilabaum m

medlar tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mespilabaum
Genitive	*mespilabaumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mespilabaum	mespilabaumō, mespilabaumōs
Accusative	*mespilabaum	*mespilabaumā
Genitive	*mespilabaumas	*mespilabaumō
Dative	*mespilabaumē	*mespilabaumum
Instrumental	*mespilabaumu	*mespilabaumum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *mispelbām
- West Frisian: mispelbeam
Old Saxon: mispelbōm
- Middle Low German: mispelenbôm
  - German Low German: Mispelboom
Old Dutch: *mespilboum, *mispilboum
- Middle Dutch: mispelboom, mispelboem
  - Dutch: mispelboom
Old High German: mespilboum, mispilboum, nespilboum
- Middle High German: nespelboum
  - German: Nespelbaum, Nespelbaum, Mispelbaum (archaic)