Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nak(k)wad

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

From Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz.

Adjective

*nak(k)wad^[1]

naked

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*nak(k)wad
Genitive	*nak(k)wadas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*nak(k)wad	*nak(k)wadu	*nak(k)wad
Accusative	*nak(k)wadanā	*nak(k)wadā	*nak(k)wad
Genitive	*nak(k)wadas	*nak(k)wadeʀā	*nak(k)wadas
Dative	*nak(k)wadumē	*nak(k)wadeʀē	*nak(k)wadumē
Instrumental	*nak(k)wadu	*nak(k)wadeʀu	*nak(k)wadu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*nak(k)wadē	*nak(k)wadō	*nak(k)wadu
Accusative	*nak(k)wadā	*nak(k)wadā	*nak(k)wadu
Genitive	*nak(k)wadeʀō	*nak(k)wadeʀō	*nak(k)wadeʀō
Dative	nak(k)wadēm, nak(k)wadum	nak(k)wadēm, nak(k)wadum	nak(k)wadēm, nak(k)wadum
Instrumental	nak(k)wadēm, nak(k)wadum	nak(k)wadēm, nak(k)wadum	nak(k)wadēm, nak(k)wadum

Derived terms

*nak(k)wadōn

Descendants

Old English: nacod
- Middle English: naked, nakit
  - Scots: nakit, naikit, nakkit
  - English: naked
Old Frisian: nakad, naked
- Saterland Frisian: noakend
- West Frisian: neaken
Old Saxon: *nakod
- Middle Low German: naket
  - Low German: naakd, naked
Old Dutch: nacot
- Middle Dutch: naket, naect
  - Dutch: naakt
Old High German: nackot, nachot
- Middle High German: nacket
  - German: nackt (variants: nackend, nackert, nackicht, nackig)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49: “PWGmc *nak(k)wad”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49: “PWGmc *nak(k)wad”

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