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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wetmô

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wédh₂-mō ~ *h₁udh₂-m̥nés, from *h₁wed- (“dowry”) +‎ *-mō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwet.mɔːː/

Noun

*wetmô m[2]

  1. dowry, bride price

Inflection
masculine an-stemDeclension of *wetmô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wetmô *wetmaniz
vocative *wetmô *wetmaniz
accusative *wetmanų *wetmanunz
genitive *witminiz *wetmanǫ̂
dative *witmini *wetmammaz
instrumental *witminē *wetmammiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *wetmō
    • Old English: wituma, wetma, uuituma, weotoma, weotuma, weoþuma
    • Old Frisian: wetma, witma
    • Old Saxon: withumo
      • Middle Low German: wēdeme, widdem
    • Old Dutch: withemo
      • Middle Dutch: wedeme, wedem, weeme, weme
    • Old High German: widamo, widomo, widemo
      • Middle High German: wideme, widem
  • Burgundian: witimon

References
  1. Tremblay, Xavier (2009), “Die thematischen Wurzelpräsentia im Hethitischen”, in Akten der XII. Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, vom 11. bis 15. Oktober 2004 in Kraka, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, page 504
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wetman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
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