Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/budą

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This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from *beudaną (to command; to offer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*budą n

  1. offer
  2. message

Inflection[edit]

neuter a-stemDeclension of *budą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *budą *budō
vocative *budą *budō
accusative *budą *budō
genitive *budas, *budis *budǫ̂
dative *budai *budamaz
instrumental *budō *budamiz

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bod
    • Old English: bod
    • Old Frisian: bod
    • Old Saxon: *bod
      • Middle Low German: *bot
    • Old Dutch: *bot
  • Proto-Norse: *ᛒᛟᛞᚨ (*boda)

Further reading[edit]

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81