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This Proto-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-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *bʰodʰweh₂ (“battle”)[1], from *bʰedʰh₂- (“to stab, dig”). Cognate with Old Irish Bodb (name of a battle goddess in the form of a crow).
Pronunciation
Noun
*badwō f[1]
- battle, fight
- Synonyms: *gunþiz, *haþuz, *hildiz, *wīgą
Inflection
Declension of *badwō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*badwō
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*badwôz
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| vocative
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*badwō
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*badwôz
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| accusative
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*badwǭ
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*badwōz
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| genitive
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*badwōz
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*badwǫ̂
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| dative
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*badwōi
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*badwōmaz
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| instrumental
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*badwō
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*badwōmiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *badu
- Old English: badu, beado, beadu
- ⇒ Old English: *beaduhōc
- ⇒ Middle English: *bedhok, bedocke
- Old Saxon: *badu (in compounds and personal names)
- Old High German: *badu, *batu (in personal names)
- Old Norse: bǫð
- Icelandic: böð (poetic)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bad
- Swedish: böd; bad; (dialectal) ba, badd
- Old Danish: bad
- Gothic: *𐌱𐌰𐌳𐌿𐍃 (*badus)
- → Latin: Badwila, Baduarius
- →⇒? Latin: battuō (alternatively, possibly from a Celtic source)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*badwō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47