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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wihti
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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 1
From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing”).
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wihti | |
| Genitive | *wihtī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Accusative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Genitive | *wihtī | *wihtijō |
| Dative | *wihtī | *wihtim, *wihtijum |
| Instrumental | *wihtī | *wihtim, *wihtijum |
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“weight”).
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wihti | |
| Genitive | *wihtī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Accusative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Genitive | *wihtī | *wihtijō |
| Dative | *wihtī | *wihtim, *wihtijum |
| Instrumental | *wihtī | *wihtim, *wihtijum |
Descendants
References
- Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337: “PWGmc *wihti”
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