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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ward
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wardaz.
Noun
*ward m
- guard, guardian
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ward | *wardō, *wardōs |
Accusative | *ward | *wardā |
Genitive | *wardas | *wardō |
Dative | *wardē | *wardum |
Instrumental | *wardu | *wardum |
Descendants
- Old English: weard
- Middle English: ward
- Scots: ward
- English: ward
- Middle English: ward
- ⇒ Old Frisian: warder
- Old Saxon: ward
- Middle Low German: wart (in compounds)
- Old High German: wart
- Middle High German: wart
- German: Wart
- Middle High German: wart