Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/madarā

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 *madarǭ.

Noun

*madarā f

1. madder

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*madarā
Genitive	*madarōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*madarā	*madarōn
Accusative	*madarōn	*madarōn
Genitive	*madarōn	*madarōnō
Dative	*madarōn	*madarōm, *madarum
Instrumental	*madarōn	*madarōm, *madarum

Descendants

• Old English: mædere, mædre, mæddre
  • Middle English: mader, madere, madur, madyr, madyre, maddir, madir, mædere
    • English: madder
    • Scots: mather, mader, madder, malder, maider (obsolete)
    • → Irish: madra, madar
• Old Saxon: *madara
  • Middle Low German: madre; māder m
• Old High German: matara, matra, matreia, matere, metere
  • Middle High German: matere