Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/badwō

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

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

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑð.wɔː/

Noun

*badwō f^[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

*Badwōhildiz f
*Badwōhanjō f

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *badu
- Old English: badu, beado, beadu
  - ⇒ Old English: *beaduhōc
    - ⇒ Middle English: *bedhok, bedocke
      - English: beadhook, beedhook, bidhook
- Old Saxon: badu (in compounds and personal names)
- Old High German: badu, batu, pato (in personal names)
Old Norse: bǫð
- Icelandic: böð (poetic)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bad
- Swedish: böd; bad; (dialectal) ba, badd
- Old Danish: bad
Gothic: *𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (*badus)
- → Latin: Badwila, Baduarius
→⇒? Latin: battuō (alternatively, possibly from a Celtic source)

References

↑ ^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

[EDPG-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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