Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weud
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wi-wdʰ-o-m, an archaic reduplicated noun formation of *wedʰ- (“to wind; bend; entangle; tie”). Note however that this pattern is extremely rare: *bebruz and *hwehwlą are the only reduplicated nouns that are positively reconstructed for Proto-Germanic proper (but see *gaukaz for another hypothetically potential example; and in West Germanic there is *weukā (“wisp, wick”) among a few others).
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun[edit]
*weud n
- weed (unwanted plant)
Inflection[edit]
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *weud | |
Genitive | *weudas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *weud | *weudu |
Accusative | *weud | *weudu |
Genitive | *weudas | *weudō |
Dative | *weudē | *weudum |
Instrumental | *weudu | *weudum |