Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wet
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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
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Ringe (2017), from Proto-Indo-European *wé-dwo. Ringe, in turn, cites Cowgill (1985b: 15-16 with references). Cf. Lithuanian vèdu.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
*wet
Inflection
| nominative | accusative | dative/instr | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first person | *ek (unstressed *ik) |
*mek (unstressed *mik) |
*miz | *mīnaz | |
| second person | *þū | *þek (unstressed *þik) |
*þiz | *þīnaz | ||
| dual | first person | *wet (unstressed *wit) |
*unk | *unkiz | *unkeraz | |
| second person | *jut, *jit | *inkw | *inkwiz | *inkweraz | ||
| plural | first person | *wīz (unstressed *wiz) |
*uns | *unsiz | *unseraz | |
| second person | *jūz, *jīz | *izwiz | *izwiz | *izweraz | ||
| reflexive | (*se-) | *sek (unstressed *sik) |
*siz | *sīnaz | ||
Descendants
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209: “*wét ~ *wit”
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wit-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 589