Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/paddǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bed- (“to swell”) (Pok. 96), from *bʰew- (“to swell”) (Pok. 98-102).

Also compare English puddle, Old English puduc (“swelling, lump, growth, wart”), Low German puddig (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɑd.dɔ̃ː/

Noun

*paddǭ f

toad

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *paddǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*paddǭ	*paddōniz
vocative	*paddǭ	*paddōniz
accusative	*paddōnų	*paddōnunz
genitive	*paddōniz	*paddōnǫ̂
dative	*paddōni	*paddōmaz
instrumental	*paddōnē	*paddōmiz

Derived terms

*paddijǭ
*paddukaz

Synonyms

*krudō

Descendants

Old English: padde
- Middle English: padde, pade
  - Scots: pade, pad; podde, pode
  - English: pad; poade, 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
Old Norse: padda
- Icelandic: padda
- Faroese: padda
- Norn: padd
- Norwegian: padde
- Old Swedish: padda
  - Swedish: padda
- Danish: padde
- Elfdalian: padda
- Gutnish: padde, paddå

References

Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.

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