Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bod

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 *budą.

Noun

*bod n

1. command, order, mandate

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bod
Genitive	*bodas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bod	*bodu
Accusative	*bod	*bodu
Genitive	*bodas	*bodō
Dative	*bodē	*bodum
Instrumental	*bodu	*bodum

Derived terms

• *bodaskapi
• *bodōn

Descendants

• Old English: bod
  • Middle English: bod
    • English: bode
• Old Frisian: bod
• Old Saxon: *bod
  • Middle Low German: *bot
    • Plautdietsch: Boot
• Old Dutch: *bot
  • Middle Dutch: bot
    • Dutch: bod
      • Afrikaans: bod