Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/badwō

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

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *bʰodʰweh₂ (“battle”), from *bʰedʰh₂- (“to stab, dig”). Cognate with Old Irish Bodb (name of a battle goddess in the form of a crow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑð.wɔː/

Noun

*badwō f

1. battle, fight

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *badwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*badwō	*badwôz
vocative	*badwō	*badwôz
accusative	*badwǭ	*badwōz
genitive	*badwōz	*badwǫ̂
dative	*badwōi	*badwōmaz
instrumental	*badwō	*badwōmiz

Synonyms

• *gunþiz
• *haþuz
• *hildiz
• *wīgą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *badu
  • Old English: badu, beado, beadu
    • ⇒ Old English: *beaduhōc
      • ⇒ Middle English: *bedhok, bedocke
        • English: beadhook, beedhook, bidhook
  • Old Saxon: badu (in compounds and personal names)
  • Old High German: badu, batu, pato (in personal names)
• Old Norse: bǫð
  • Icelandic: böð (poetic)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bad
  • Swedish: böd; bad; (dialectal) ba, badd
  • Old Danish: bad
• Gothic: *𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (*badus)
  • → Latin: Badwila, Baduarius
• →⇒? Latin: battuō (alternatively, possibly from a Celtic source)