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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *widuz.
Noun
*widu m
- forest
- Synonyms: *furhiþi, *holt, *hursti, *walþu
- tree
- Synonyms: *baum, *treu
- wood
- Synonym: *treu
Inflection
| u-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*widu
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| Genitive
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*widō
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*widu
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*widiwi, *widō
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| Accusative
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*widu
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*widū
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| Genitive
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*widō
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*widiwō
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| Dative
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*widiwi, *widō
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*widum
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| Instrumental
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*widu
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*widum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 322: “PWGmc *widu”
