Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fōdô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“protect, guard, graze, feed”).

Noun

*fōdô m

food, nourishment

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *fōdô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fōdô	*fōdaniz
vocative	*fōdô	*fōdaniz
accusative	*fōdanų	*fōdanunz
genitive	*fōdiniz	*fōdanǫ̂
dative	*fōdini	*fōdammaz
instrumental	*fōdinē	*fōdammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: fōda
- Middle English: fode, foode
  - Scots: fuid, fude
  - English: food
Old Saxon: *fōdo
- Middle Low German: *fōde
  - German Low German: (föödsaam)
  - Low German: föde, vöde (<?)
Old Norse: (fœða)
- Icelandic: (fæða, fæði)
- Faroese: (føði)
- Old Swedish: (føþa)
  - Swedish: (föda)
- Old Danish: (føthæ)
  - Danish: (føde)

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