Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mādu

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, *madwō (reconstructed by Kroonen as an ablauting noun *mēþwō, *madw-), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁-.

Noun

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*mādu f

  1. meadow, clearing

Inflection

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-stem
Singular
Nominative *mādu
Genitive *mādwā
Singular Plural
Nominative *mādu *mādwō
Accusative *mādwā *mādwā
Genitive *mādwā *mādwō
Dative *mādwē *mādwōm, *mādum
Instrumental *mādu *mādwōm, *mādum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “miede”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary[1], Leiden: Leiden University, page 34.