Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/budilaz

This Proto-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.

See also: *būdilaz

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *budą +‎ *-ilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbu.di.lɑz/

Noun

*budilaz m

1. one who carries out an order; beadle; bailiff
2. messenger; herald

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *budilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*budilaz	*budilōz, *budilōs
vocative	*budil	*budilōz, *budilōs
accusative	*budilą	*budilanz
genitive	*budilas, *budilis	*budilǫ̂
dative	*budilai	*budilamaz
instrumental	*budilō	*budilamiz

Descendants

Some descendants of this word have conflated with descendants of Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (“seeker; requestor”).

• Proto-West Germanic: *budil
  • Old English: bydel
    • Middle English: budel, beodel, bidel, bedel
      • English: beadle
      • Scots: bedel, beddel, beddal
  • Old Frisian: *bodel, *bedel
    • West Frisian: boal, beul
  • Old Saxon: budil
    • Middle Low German: bodel, bödel, böddel
      • → Polabian: badål
      • → Old Swedish: böfvel
        • Swedish: bödel
        • → Finnish: peeveli, pyöveli
  • Old Dutch: *budil
    • Middle Dutch: bodel, beudel, buel
      • Dutch: beul
  • Old High German: butil
    • Middle High German: bütel
      • German: Büttel
  • → Medieval Latin: bedellus, bidellus, pedellus
    • Old French: bedel
      • Middle French: bedeau
        • French: bedeau
      • → Italian: bidello
    • Old Occitan: bedel
      • Occitan: bedel
    • → German: Pedell
      • → Dutch: pedel, bedel
    • → Middle English: bedel
      • English: bedel
    • → Portuguese: bedel
    • → Spanish: bedel