Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/werud

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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

From Proto-Germanic *werudą ((band of) men).

Noun

*werud n[1]

  1. (North Sea Germanic) troop, war-band

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *werud
Genitive *werudas
Singular Plural
Nominative *werud *werudu
Accusative *werud *werudu
Genitive *werudas *werudō
Dative *werudē *werudum
Instrumental *werudu *werudum

Descendants

  • Old English: werod, weorod
  • Old Saxon: werud

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:*werud