Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weþmō

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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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Etymology

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From earlier *wetmō through Bahder's law, from Proto-Germanic *wetmô.[1]

Noun

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*weþmō m[2]

  1. dowry, bride price

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *weþmō
Genitive *witini, *wetan
Singular Plural
Nominative *weþmō *weþman
Accusative *weþman *weþman
Genitive *witini, *wetan *wetanō
Dative *witini, *wetan *wetum
Instrumental *witini, *wetan *wetum

Alternative reconstructions

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wetman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weþman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
  3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wittum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 796: “wg. *wetmōn”
  4. ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “withume”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “PWGmc. *wetmōn”
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