Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nahtskadō

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *naht +‎ *skadō.

Noun

*nahtskadō m

nightshade (plant)

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nahtskadō
Genitive	nahtskadini, nahtskadan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nahtskadō	*nahtskadan
Accusative	*nahtskadan	*nahtskadan
Genitive	nahtskadini, nahtskadan	*nahtskadanō
Dative	nahtskadini, nahtskadan	*nahtskadum
Instrumental	nahtskadini, nahtskadan	*nahtskadum

Descendants

Old English: *neahtsċeada, nihtsċada
- Middle English: nyȝtschade, nichtheschode, niȝteschede, niȝteschode, nyght shade, nyȝteschode
  - English: nightshade
  - Scots: nichtschaid, nychtschaid
Old Frisian: *nachtskada
- West Frisian: nachtskade m or f
Old Saxon: nahtscado
- Middle Low German: nachtschāde, nachtschāden, nachtschēde, nachtschēden, nachtscheide
  - German Low German: Nachtschadden
  - → Danish: natskade
  - → Old Swedish: natskada, natskeda
Old Dutch: nahtskado, naghtscada, nachtscado
- Middle Dutch: nachtscade, nachtschade, nachtscaduë, nachtsca, nachtscaduwe f
  - Dutch: nachtschade
Old High German: nahtskato, nahtscato
- Middle High German: nachtschate
  - German: Nachtschatten
    - → Swedish: nattskatta