Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/paddā

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 *paddǭ.

Noun

*paddā f

1. toad

   Synonyms: *krodu, *ūkā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*paddā
Genitive	*paddōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*paddā	*paddōn
Accusative	*paddōn	*paddōn
Genitive	*paddōn	*paddōnō
Dative	*paddōn	*paddōm, *paddum
Instrumental	*paddōn	*paddōm, *paddum

Descendants

• Old English: padde
  • Middle English: padde, pade
    • English: pad; poade, pode
    • Scots: pade, pad; podde, pode
• Old Frisian: padde
  • Saterland Frisian: Pudde
  • West Frisian: padde, podde, podd, pod
• Old Saxon: *padda
  • Middle Low German: padde, pedde
    • Low German: Padde, Pudde
    • → German: Padde
• Old Dutch: *padda
  • Middle Dutch: padde, pedde
    • Dutch: pad
      • Afrikaans: padda
• → Vulgar Latin: *padda, *podda, *potta
  • Old French: bot
    • ⇒ Old French: boterel
  • Italian: botta