Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waiþō

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

From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue, suppress”).[1]

Noun

*waiþō f

a hunt, pursuit, chase
a pasture, grassland, food

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *waiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waiþō	*waiþôz
vocative	*waiþō	*waiþôz
accusative	*waiþǭ	*waiþōz
genitive	*waiþōz	*waiþǫ̂
dative	*waiþōi	*waiþōmaz
instrumental	*waiþō	*waiþōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *waiþu
- Old English: wāþ
  - Middle English: wathe, waith, wayth
    - English: wathe
    - Scots: waith
- Old Frisian: *wāth, *wēth
  - Saterland Frisian: Weede
  - West Frisian: weide
- Old Saxon: *weitha
  - Middle Low German: weide
    - German Low German: Weide, Weid
- Old Dutch: weitha
  - Middle Dutch: weide
    - Dutch: weide, wei
    - West Flemish: wede, wee
- Old High German: weida
  - Middle High German: weide
    - Alemannic German: weidu
    - German: Weide

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*waiþiz ~ *waiþ(j)ō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 441

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[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*waiþiz ~ *waiþ(j)ō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 441