Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weþmō

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 earlier *wetmō through Bahder's law, from Proto-Germanic *wetmô.^[1]

Noun

*weþmō m^[2]

dowry, bride price

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weþmō
Genitive	witini, wetan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weþmō	*weþman
Accusative	*weþman	*weþman
Genitive	witini, wetan	*wetanō
Dative	witini, wetan	*wetum
Instrumental	witini, wetan	*wetum

Alternative reconstructions

*wetmō^[3]^[4]

Derived terms

*wiþmijan

Descendants

Old English: wituma, wetma, uuituma, weotoma, weotuma, weoþuma
Old Frisian: wetma, witma
Old Saxon: withumo
- Middle Low German: wēdeme, widdem
Old Dutch: withemo
- Middle Dutch: wedeme, wedem, weeme, weme
  - Dutch: weem
    - → West Frisian: weme
Old High German: widamo, widomo, widemo
- Middle High German: wideme, widem
  - German: Wittum

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wetman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*weþman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wittum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 796: “wg. *wetmōn”
^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “withume”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “PWGmc. *wetmōn”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wetman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*weþman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583

[3] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wittum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 796: “wg. *wetmōn”

[4] Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “withume”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “PWGmc. *wetmōn”

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