Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōdô

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

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From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“protect, guard, graze, feed”).

Noun

*fōdô m

1. food, nourishment

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *fōdô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fōdô	*fōdaniz
vocative	*fōdô	*fōdaniz
accusative	*fōdanų	*fōdanunz
genitive	*fōdiniz	*fōdanǫ̂
dative	*fōdini	*fōdammaz
instrumental	*fōdinē	*fōdammiz

Related terms

• *fadōną
• *fōdijaną
• *fōdrą

Descendants

• Old English: fōda
  • Middle English: fode, foode
    • Scots: fuid, fude
    • English: food
• Old Saxon: *fōdo
  • Middle Low German: *fōde
    • (German Low German: föödsaam)
    • Low German: föde, vöde (<?)
• (Old Norse: fœða)
  • (Icelandic: fæða, fæði)
  • (Faroese: føði)
  • (Old Swedish: føþa)
    • (Swedish: föda)
  • (Old Danish: føthæ)
    • (Danish: føde)