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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/badją

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 *bʰodʰ-yó-m, from *bʰedʰ- (“to pierce, stab”). Cognate with Latin fodiō (“dig”), Welsh bedd (“grave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑð.jɑ̃/

Noun

*badją n [1]

  1. A dug plot of ground, patch, lair
  2. A dug resting-place to lay the dead; burial plot; grave
  3. Any resting-place; bed

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *badją (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *badją *badjō
vocative *badją *badjō
accusative *badją *badjō
genitive *badjas, *badis *badjǫ̂
dative *badjai *badjamaz
instrumental *badjō *badjamiz

Derived terms
  • *badjô/*gabadjô
  • *badjǭ/*gabadjǭ

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*badja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 46
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