Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/abbadejā

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *abbadea, *abbadegia, from Latin abbātia (“abbey”).

Noun

*abbadejā f

1. (Christianity) abbey

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*abbadejā
Genitive	*abbadejōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*abbadejā	*abbadejōn
Accusative	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōn
Genitive	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōnō
Dative	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōm, *abbadejum
Instrumental	*abbadejōn	*abbadejōm, *abbadejum

Alternative reconstructions

• *abbadigā

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *abbadea, *abbadiga
  • Middle Low German: abbedīe, abdie, abdīe, abdīge, abbedīge
    • → Danish: abbedi
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: abbedi
• Old Dutch: *abbadea
  • Middle Dutch: abedîe, abdîe
    • Dutch: abdij
• Old High German: abbateia, *abbatiga
  • Middle High German: abbeteie, abbatīe, aptīge, abbetīe, abdīe, abtei, aptei
    • German: Abtei
    • Luxembourgish: Abtei