Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biskopadōm

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 *biskop +‎ *-dōm.

Noun

*biskopadōm m

bishopric

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*biskopadōm
Genitive	*biskopadōmas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*biskopadōm	biskopadōmō, biskopadōmōs
Accusative	*biskopadōm	*biskopadōmā
Genitive	*biskopadōmas	*biskopadōmō
Dative	*biskopadōmē	*biskopadōmum
Instrumental	*biskopadōmu	*biskopadōmum

Descendants

Old English: bisċopdōm, bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm
- Middle English: biscopdom, biscopdome, *bischopdom
  - English: bishopdom
Old Frisian: *biskopdōm, *biskedōm
- Saterland Frisian: Bisdom (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- West Frisian: bisdom (possibly borrowed from Dutch)
Old Saxon: *biscopdōm
- Middle Low German: bischopdôm, bischopdum, bischedôm, biscopdûm
  - German Low German: Bischopdom
Old Dutch: *biscopdōm
- Middle Dutch: bisscopdom, bisscopdoem, bisdom
  - Dutch: bisdom
Old High German: biskoftuom, biscoftuom, bistuom
- Middle High German: bischoftuom, bischtuom, bistum, pischtuom
  - German: Bischoftum, Bistum