Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mādu

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

Alternative forms

• *madu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, *madwō (reconstructed by Kroonen as an ablauting noun *mēþwō, *madw-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁-.

Noun

*mādu f

1. meadow, clearing

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mādu
Genitive	*mādwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mādu	*mādwō
Accusative	*mādwā	*mādwā
Genitive	*mādwā	*mādwō
Dative	*mādwē	*mādwōm, *mādum
Instrumental	*mādu	*mādwōm, *mādum

Descendants

• Old English: mǣd, mēd — Anglian, Kentish
  • Middle English: mede, medwe
    • English: mead, meadow
    • Scots: meeda
    • Yola: mead
• Old Frisian: mēde, mēd
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: miad

    Goesharde: mäid

    Halligen: meed

    Karrharde: meed

    Wiedingharde: mäid- (in compounds such as mäidfjin)

  • East Frisian:

    Harlingerland Frisian: meede, mehde

    Saterland Frisian: Mäid

  • West Frisian: miede
  • → Middle Low German: mede
    • German Low German: Meed, Mede
      • ⇒ German Low German: Meedje
• Old Dutch: *mada
  • Middle Dutch: mâde
    • Dutch: made
• Old High German: *mata (< *madu)
  • Middle High German: matte, mate
    • Alemannic German: Matt
      • Alsatian: Matt, Matte
    • German: Matte