Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/cedru

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.

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cedrus.

Noun

*cedru f

1. cedar tree

   Synonym: *cedrubaum

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*cedru
Genitive	*cedrā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*cedru	*cedrō
Accusative	*cedrā	*cedrā
Genitive	*cedrā	*cedrō
Dative	*cedrē	*cedrōm, *cedrum
Instrumental	*cedru	*cedrōm, *cedrum

Derived terms

• *cedrīn
  • Old Saxon: *zederīn, zeduarīn, zedwerīn
    • Middle Low German: sēderen, sēdeweren, sēdewern, sēdewaren, cedewaren
  • Old Dutch: cederīn
  • Old High German: zēdarīn, zēdrīn
    • Middle High German: zēderīn, zēdrīn, cēderīn, cēdrīn
• *cedrubaum

Descendants

• Old English: ċeder f, ċedar
  • Middle English: cedre (attested 1175 as cedrus (plural); merged with Old French cedre)
    • English: cedar
    • Scots: ceder, cedir
• Old Frisian: *zedere, *sedere
  • Saterland Frisian: Tseder
  • West Frisian: seder
• Old Saxon: *zedero, *zeduaro, *zedwero
  • Middle Low German: sêder, sedder, ceder, cedder, sêdere, sêdewer, sêdwer, cedewer, tzedwer, seduer m
    • Plautdietsch: Zeeda
• Old Dutch: *cedero
  • Middle Dutch: cēder m
    • Dutch: ceder
      • Afrikaans: seder
      • → Sranan Tongo: sedre, redisedre
        • → Aukan: sédé
        • → Saramaccan: sedu
• Old High German: *zēdara, *cēdara
  • Middle High German: zēder, cēder, cēdar m
    • German: Zeder f