Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīdaz

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.

From Pre-Germanic *h₁weydʰh₁os (“set apart, asunder, in two”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two”) (see *dwóh₁) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”), apparently with dissimilation of the first d-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (“widow”), *widuz (“wood”), Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”) and Latin dīvidō (“separate, sunder”), vītō (“avoid, shun”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.ðɑz/

*wīdaz

1. wide
2. broad

• *wīdijaną
• *wīdiþō
• *wīdô

• *widuwǭ

• Old English: wīd
  • Middle English: wid, wyd
    • Scots: wyd, wid
    • English: wide
• Old Frisian: wīd
  • Saterland Frisian: wied
  • North Frisian: widj
  • West Frisian: wiid
• Old Saxon: wīd
  • Middle Low German: wīt
    • Low German: wied

      Westphalian:

      Münsterländisch: wyt

      Paderbornisch: weyt, wyt

      Sauerländisch: weyt

• Old Dutch: *wīd
  • Middle Dutch: wijt
    • Dutch: wijd
      • Afrikaans: wyd
• Old High German: wīt
  • Middle High German: wīt
    • Central Franconian: weck, wick, wiet, weit
      • Luxembourgish: wäit (“far”), weit (“wide”)
    • German: weit
    • Yiddish: ווײַט (vayt)
• Old Norse: víðr
  • Icelandic: víður
  • Faroese: víður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vid
  • Old Swedish: vīþer, widher
    • Swedish: vid
  • Danish: vid
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vid
• → Proto-Samic: *vijδēs (see there for further descendants)