Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wītī

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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 *wītiją.

Noun

*wītī n[1]

  1. punishment

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *wītī
Genitive *wītijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wītī *wītiju
Accusative *wītī *wītiju
Genitive *wītijas *wītijō
Dative *wītijē *wītijum
Instrumental *wītiju *wītijum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wīte
  • Old Frisian: wīte
  • Old Saxon: wīti
  • Dutch: wijte
  • Old High German: wīzi, wīzzi
    • Middle High German: wīze

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47:PWGmc *wītī