Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/aduk

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

Unknown; possibly borrowed from Late Latin educus, odecus, odicus (“dwarf elder”), contaminated from Latin ebulum by Gaulish odocos (“dwarf elder”), or perhaps metathesized from Latin actē (“dwarf elder”).

Noun

*aduk m

1. dwarf elder, danewort

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*aduk
Genitive	*adukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*aduk	*adukō, *adukōs
Accusative	*aduk	*adukā
Genitive	*adukas	*adukō
Dative	*adukē	*adukum
Instrumental	*aduku	*adukum

Descendants

• Old English: atih
• Old Saxon: aduk, adik
  • Middle Low German: adik, adek, adeke, adech, adich, attich, attik
    • German Low German: Åk
• Old Dutch: *aduk
  • Middle Dutch: adic, adec
    • Dutch: hadik, adik
• Old High German: atuh m, atihho, aticho m
  • Middle High German: atech, atich
    • German: Attich