Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weud

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

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wi-wdʰ-o-m, an archaic reduplicated noun formation of *wedʰ- (“to wind; bend; entangle; tie”). Note however that this pattern is extremely rare: *bebruz and *hwehwlą are the only reduplicated nouns that are positively reconstructed for Proto-Germanic proper (but see *gaukaz for another hypothetically potential example; and in West Germanic there is *weukā (“wisp, wick”) among a few others).

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*weud n

weed (unwanted plant)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*weud
Genitive	*weudas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*weud	*weudu
Accusative	*weud	*weudu
Genitive	*weudas	*weudō
Dative	*weudē	*weudum
Instrumental	*weudu	*weudum

Related terms

*weudōn

Descendants

Old English: wēod
- Middle English: weod, weed
  - English: weed
    - → Dutch: wiet
  - Scots: wed, weed
Old Frisian: *wiūd
- Saterland Frisian: wiud (obsolete), Jood
- West Frisian: wjûd
Old Saxon: wiod
- Middle Low German: wêt
  - German Low German: Weed
  - Low German: woden, woen
Old Dutch: *wiod, *wiot
- Middle Dutch: wiod, wied, wiet
  - Dutch: wied
Old High German: wiota

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