Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/badwō

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *bʰodʰweh₂ (“battle”)[1], from *bʰedʰh₂- (“to stab, dig”). Cognate with Old Irish Bodb (name of a battle goddess in the form of a crow).

Pronunciation

Noun

*badwō f[1]

  1. battle, fight
    Synonyms: *gunþiz, *haþuz, *hildiz, *wīgą

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

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*badwō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
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