Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mespilabaum

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 *mespilā (“medlar”) +‎ *baum (“tree”).

Noun

*mespilabaum m

  1. medlar tree

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *mispilabaum
Genitive *mispilabaumas
Singular Plural
Nominative *mispilabaum *mispilabaumō, *mispilabaumōs
Accusative *mispilabaum *mispilabaumā
Genitive *mispilabaumas *mispilabaumō
Dative *mispilabaumē *mispilabaumum
Instrumental *mispilabaumu *mispilabaumum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *mispelbām
    • West Frisian: mispelbeam
  • Old Saxon: mispelbōm
    • Middle Low German: mispelenbôm
      • German Low German: Mispelboom
  • Old Dutch: *mespilbōm, *mispilbōm
    • Middle Dutch: mispelboom, mispelboem
      • Dutch: mispelboom
  • Old High German: mespilboum, mispilboum, nespilboum
    • Middle High German: nespelboum
      • German: Nespelbaum, Nespelbaum, Mispelbaum (archaic)
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