*budô

Runic: ᛒᚢᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbu.ðɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

messenger

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰudʰ-ō from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwdʰ-ō ~ *bʰudʰ-n-és, an agentic noun derived from root *bʰéwdʰ- (‘to be awake, aware’). Related to *beudaną (‘to offer, bid’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.budôbudaniz
Acc.budanųbudanunz
Gen.budinizbudanǫ̂
Dat.budinibudammaz
Inst.budinēbudammiz
Voc.budôbudaniz

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Descendants

  • boda (Old English)
    • bode (Middle English)
      • bode (English)
  • boda (Old Frisian)
  • bodo (Old Saxon)
    • Baad (Low German)
  • bodo (Old Dutch)
    • bōde (Middle Dutch)
      • bode (Dutch)
        • bode (Afrikaans)
  • boto (Old High German)
    • bote (Middle High German)
      • Bote (German)
      • Buet (Luxembourgish)
  • boði (Old Norse)
    • boði (Icelandic)
    • buþi (Old Swedish)

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