Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bidrog

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 *bi- +‎ *drog.

Noun

*bidrog n

1. deception, fraud

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bidrog
Genitive	*bidrogas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bidrog	*bidrogu
Accusative	*bidrog	*bidrogu
Genitive	*bidrogas	*bidrogō
Dative	*bidrogē	*bidrogum
Instrumental	*bidrogu	*bidrogum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *bedroch
  • Saterland Frisian: Bedroach
  • West Frisian: bedroch
• Old Saxon: bedrog
  • Middle Low German: bedroch, bedrêch
    • Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Bedräuch

      Westmünsterländisch: Bedrugg

    • Plautdietsch: Bedrach
• Old Dutch: *bidrog
  • Middle Dutch: bedroch
    • Dutch: bedrog
• Old High German: bitrog, bitroc
  • Middle High German: betroc
    • German: Betrug (influenced by Trug)