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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiþī

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (forest) (Old Welsh coit), Latin bū-cētum (pastureland, literally cow-pasture), Albanian kath (type of wheat), kasht (straw). Possibly further from Proto-Indo-European *kóy-t-os (forest, wasteland, pasture), from *keyt- (to shine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑi̯.θiː/

Noun

*haiþī f

  1. heath, wasteland

Inflection

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *haiþī (ī/jō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *haiþī *haiþijôz
vocative *haiþī *haiþijôz
accusative *haiþijǭ *haiþijōz
genitive *haiþijōz *haiþijǫ̂
dative *haiþijōi *haiþijōmaz
instrumental *haiþijō *haiþijōmiz

Derived terms

  • *haiþinaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haiþi
    • Old English: hǣþ, *hāþ
      • Middle English: heeth, heth, hethe, hath, hathe, hoth, hothe
        • English: heath, heather
        • Scots: haithe (in compounds)
    • Old Frisian: *hēthe
      • North Frisian: hiiđ
      • Saterland Frisian: Heede
      • West Frisian: heide
    • Old Saxon: hētha
      • Middle Low German: heide
        • German Low German: Heide, Heid
        • Westphalian:
          Münsterländer: Häide m, Haide f (Westmünsterländisch)
          East Westphalian: Håi'n (Ravensberger)
    • Old Dutch: *heitha
    • Old High German: heida
  • Old Norse: heiðr f
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 (haiþi)
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