Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fōdr

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 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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”).

Noun

*fōdr n

  2. fodder
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *fōdr
Genitive *fōdras
Singular Plural
Nominative *fōdr *fōdru
Accusative *fōdr *fōdru
Genitive *fōdras *fōdrō
Dative *fōdrē *fōdrum
Instrumental *fōdru *fōdrum
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”).

Noun

*fōdr n[1]

  2. sheath
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *fōdr
Genitive *fōdras
Singular Plural
Nominative *fōdr *fōdru
Accusative *fōdr *fōdru
Genitive *fōdras *fōdrō
Dative *fōdrē *fōdrum
Instrumental *fōdru *fōdrum
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *fōdr”
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