Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/budô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from the zero-grade of *beudaną (“to command; to offer”) +‎ *-ô.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ðɔːː/

Noun

*budô m

messenger

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *budô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*budô	*budaniz
vocative	*budô	*budaniz
accusative	*budanų	*budanunz
genitive	*budiniz	*budanǫ̂
dative	*budini	*budammaz
instrumental	*budinē	*budammiz

Derived terms

*budōną

Related terms

*budą

Descendants

Old English: boda
- Middle English: bode
  - English: bode
Old Frisian: boda
Old Saxon: bodo
- German Low German: Baad
Old Dutch: bodo
- Middle Dutch: bōde
  - Dutch: bode
    - Afrikaans: bode
Old High German: boto
- Middle High German: bote
  - German: Bote
  - Luxembourgish: Buet
Old Norse: boði
- Icelandic: boði
- Old Swedish: buþi (in compounds)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*budan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*budan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81

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