*wetmô

Runic: ᚹᛖᛏᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈwet.mɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

dowry, bride price

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wédh₂-mō ~ *h₁udh₂-m̥nés, from *h₁wed- (‘dowry’) + *-mō.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.wetmôwetmaniz
Acc.wetmanųwetmanunz
Gen.witminizwetmanǫ̂
Dat.witminiwetmammaz
Inst.witminēwetmammiz
Voc.wetmôwetmaniz

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Descendants

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

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