Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wētaz

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

Vṛddhi derivative from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛː.tɑz/

Adjective

*wētaz

wet

Inflection

Declension of *wētaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*wētaz	*wētō	*wētą, -atō	*wētai	*wētôz	*wētō
accusative	*wētanǭ	*wētǭ	*wētą, -atō	*wētanz	*wētōz	*wētō
genitive	*wētas, -is	*wētaizōz	*wētas, -is	*wētaizǫ̂	*wētaizǫ̂	*wētaizǫ̂
dative	*wētammai	*wētaizōi	*wētammai	*wētaimaz	*wētaimaz	*wētaimaz
instrumental	*wētanō	*wētaizō	*wētanō	*wētaimiz	*wētaimiz	*wētaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*wētô	*wētǭ	*wētô	*wētaniz	*wētōniz	*wētōnō
accusative	*wētanų	*wētōnų	*wētô	*wētanunz	*wētōnunz	*wētōnō
genitive	*wētiniz	*wētōniz	*wētiniz	*wētanǫ̂	*wētōnǫ̂	*wētanǫ̂
dative	*wētini	*wētōni	*wētini	*wētammaz	*wētōmaz	*wētammaz
instrumental	*wētinē	*wētōnē	*wētinē	*wētammiz	*wētōmiz	*wētammiz

Synonyms

*nataz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wāt
- Old English: wǣt
  - Middle English: wāt, wēt, weet
    - Scots: weet, weit
    - English: weet (dialectal)
- Old Frisian: wēt
  - North Frisian: weet, wiat, wäit
  - Saterland Frisian: wäit
  - West Frisian: wiet
- >? Old Dutch: *wāt
  - Middle Dutch: wet, wit (possibly borrowed from Frisian)
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit
Old Norse: vátr
- Icelandic: votur
- Faroese: vátur
- Norwegian: våt
- Old Swedish: vāter
  - Swedish: våt
- Old Danish: wātær
  - Danish: våd