Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bodaskapi

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 *budaskapiz. Equivalent to *bod +‎ *-skapi.

Noun

*bodaskapi m^[1]

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bodaskapi
Genitive	*bodaskapī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bodaskapi	*bodaskapī
Accusative	*bodaskapi	*bodaskapī
Genitive	*bodaskapī	*bodaskappjō
Dative	*bodaskapī	bodaskapim, bodaskappjum
Instrumental	*bodaskapī	bodaskapim, bodaskappjum

Descendants

Old English: bodsċipe
Old Saxon: bodskepi
- Low German: Böskupp
Old Dutch: *bodascap
- Middle Dutch: bōdeschap
  - Dutch: boodschap
    - Afrikaans: boodskap
    - Negerhollands: boodskap, boskap
    - → Caribbean Javanese: boskap
    - → Sranan Tongo: boskopu
      - Aukan: bosikopu
      - Saramaccan: bosikópu
      - → Lokono: boskopo
Old High German: botascaf
- German: Botschaft

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 132: “PWGmc *bodaskapi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 132: “PWGmc *bodaskapi”

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