Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/milidauw

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 *mil (“honey”) +‎ *dauw (“dew”).

Noun

*milidauw m

mildew

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*milidauw
Genitive	*milidauwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*milidauw	milidauwō, milidauwōs
Accusative	*milidauw	*milidauwā
Genitive	*milidauwas	*milidauwō
Dative	*milidauwē	*milidauwum
Instrumental	*milidauwu	*milidauwum

Descendants

Old English: meledēaw, mildēaw
- Middle English: mildewe
  - English: mildew
Old Frisian: *meldāw
- West Frisian: moaldau
Old Saxon: milidou
- Middle Low German: meldow
  - Low German: Meldau
  - Plautdietsch: Mäldeiw
  - → Swedish: mjöldagg
  - → Danish: meldug
Old Dutch: *milidou
- Middle Dutch: *meledau
  - Dutch: meeldauw
Old High German: militou
- Middle High German: miltau
  - German: Mehltau
  - Hunsrik: Milldau
  - Luxembourgish: Mielda