Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihtą

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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

Etymology

Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-ti- (“entity, thing”), and cognate with Old Church Slavonic вещь (veštĭ, “thing”).

In addition to the above theory, Kroonen also compares *weganą (“to carry, to move”) (cognate with Proto-Celtic *wextā (“time, course, run”)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*wihtą n

  1. thing, creature

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wihtą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wihtą *wihtō
vocative *wihtą *wihtō
accusative *wihtą *wihtō
genitive *wihtas, *wihtis *wihtǫ̂
dative *wihtai *wihtamaz
instrumental *wihtō *wihtamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “wehti- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-8
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