Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lį̄ht

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *linhtaz.

Adjective

*lį̄ht^[1]

light (in weight)

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*lį̄ht
Genitive	*lį̄htas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lį̄ht	*lį̄htu	*lį̄ht
Accusative	*lį̄htanā	*lį̄htā	*lį̄ht
Genitive	*lį̄htas	*lį̄hteʀā	*lį̄htas
Dative	*lį̄htumē	*lį̄hteʀē	*lį̄htumē
Instrumental	*lį̄htu	*lį̄hteʀu	*lį̄htu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lį̄htē	*lį̄htō	*lį̄htu
Accusative	*lį̄htā	*lį̄htā	*lį̄htu
Genitive	*lį̄hteʀō	*lį̄hteʀō	*lį̄hteʀō
Dative	lį̄htēm, lį̄htum	lį̄htēm, lį̄htum	lį̄htēm, lį̄htum
Instrumental	lį̄htēm, lį̄htum	lį̄htēm, lį̄htum	lį̄htēm, lį̄htum

Derived terms

*lį̄htijan

Descendants

Old English: lēoht
- Middle English: liȝt, lyghte
  - English: light
  - Scots: licht
Old Frisian: licht
- West Frisian: licht
Old Saxon: līht
- Middle Low German: licht
  - Low German: licht
Old Dutch: *līht
- Middle Dutch: licht
  - Dutch: licht
    - Afrikaans: lig
  - Limburgish: lich, leech
Old High German: līht, līhti
- Middle High German: līht
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: leicht
    Luxembourgish: liicht
  - East Central German:
    Vilamovian: łajcht
  - German: leicht
  - Rhine Franconian: läicht, leicht, licht
    Frankfurterisch:
    Pennsylvania German: leicht
  - Yiddish: לײַכט (laykht)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *lį̄ht”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *lį̄ht”

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