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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *ga- + *wihti (“weight”) + *-ī (abstract noun suffix).
Noun
*gawihtī n
- weight
Inflection
| Neuter ja-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*gawihtī
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| Genitive
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*gawihtijas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*gawihtī
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*gawihtiju
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| Accusative
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*gawihtī
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*gawihtiju
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| Genitive
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*gawihtijas
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*gawihtijō
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| Dative
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*gawihtijē
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*gawihtijum
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| Instrumental
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*gawihtiju
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*gawihtijum
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Descendants
Further reading
- Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wehti-2”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 578: “*ga-weht-ja”
