Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wigi

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 Proto-Germanic *wigją.

Noun

*wigi n[1]

horse
Synonyms: *ehw, *hross, *marh, *parafred

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wigi
Genitive	*wiggjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wigi	*wiggju
Accusative	*wigi	*wiggju
Genitive	*wiggjas	*wiggjō
Dative	*wiggjē	*wiggjum
Instrumental	*wiggju	*wiggjum

Descendants

Old English: wiċġ, wyċġ
- Middle English: *wigge, wig
  - English: widge
Old Frisian: wigge, widze, wedze
Old Saxon: wiggi, wigg, wig
Old Dutch: wiggi

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *wigi, *wigʲgʲa-”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *wigi, *wigʲgʲa-”