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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstini

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 *wōstī + *-ini.

Noun

*wōstini f

  1. wasteland, desert
    Synonyms: *ainōdī, *haiþi, *wōstini

Inflection

ī/-stem
Singular
Nominative *wōstini
Genitive *wōstunnjā
Singular Plural
Nominative *wōstini *wōstunnjō
Accusative *wōstunnjā *wōstunnjā
Genitive *wōstunnjā *wōstunnjō
Dative *wōstunnjē *wōstunnjōm, *wōstunnjum
Instrumental *wōstunnju *wōstunnjōm, *wōstunnjum

Descendants

  • Old English: wēsten
    • Middle English: westen, wæsten
  • Old Frisian: wēstene, wōstene
    • North Frisian: woastine
    • Saterland Frisian: Wöistenäi
    • West Frisian: woastine, woastyn
      • West Frisian: woastenije
  • Old Saxon: wōstinnia, wōstunnia
    • Middle Low German: wôstine
      • German Low German: Wööste, Wööst
      • Plautdietsch: Wuste
  • Old Dutch: *wuostinna
    • Middle Dutch: woestine, woesten
  • Old High German: wuostin, wuostinna, wuastinna
    • Middle High German: wuostinne, wüestene, wüestin
      • German: Wüste (regularly merged with Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄)
      • Yiddish: וויסט (vist)
  • Medieval Latin: wastina, wastīna (see there for further descendants)
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