Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīh

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wīhaz.

Adjective

*wīh

  2. sacred, holy
Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *wīh
Genitive *wīhas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *wīh *wīhu *wīh
Accusative *wīhanā *wīhā *wīh
Genitive *wīhas *wīheʀā *wīhas
Dative *wīhumē *wīheʀē *wīhumē
Instrumental *wīhu *wīheʀu *wīhu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *wīhē *wīhō *wīhu
Accusative *wīhā *wīhā *wīhu
Genitive *wīheʀō *wīheʀō *wīheʀō
Dative *wīhēm, *wīhum *wīhēm, *wīhum *wīhēm, *wīhum
Instrumental *wīhēm, *wīhum *wīhēm, *wīhum *wīhēm, *wīhum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old English: *wēoh (in compounds)
    • Middle English: weoh
  • Old Frisian: *wī (in compounds)
  • Old Saxon: *wīh (in compounds)
  • Old Dutch: *wī (in compounds)
  • Old High German: wīh
    • Middle High German: wīch
      • German: weih (in compounds)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wīhą, cognate with Old Norse vé (“sanctuary, holy place”).

Noun

*wīh n[1]

  2. sacred place
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wīh
Genitive *wīhas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wīh *wīhu
Accusative *wīh *wīhu
Genitive *wīhas *wīhō
Dative *wīhē *wīhum
Instrumental *wīhu *wīhum
Descendants

References

  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 *wīh”
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