Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiþī

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“forest”) (Old Welsh coit), Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”), Albanian kath (“type of wheat”), kasht (“straw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑi̯.θiː/

Noun

*haiþī f

heath, wasteland

Inflection

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *haiþī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*haiþī	*haiþijôz
vocative	*haiþī	*haiþijôz
accusative	*haiþijǭ	*haiþijōz
genitive	*haiþijōz	*haiþijǫ̂
dative	*haiþijōi	*haiþijōmaz
instrumental	*haiþijō	*haiþijōmiz

Derived terms

*haiþinaz

Descendants

Old English: hǣþ
- Middle English: heeth, heth, hethe
  - Scots: haddyr, hedder
  - English: heath
Old Frisian: *hēthe
- Saterland Frisian: Heede
- West Frisian: heide
Old Saxon: hētha
- Middle Low German: heide
  - German Low German: Heide, Heid
  - Westphalian:
    Münsterländer: Häide m, Haide f (Westmünsterländisch)
    East Westphalian: Håi'n (Ravensberger)
Old Dutch: *heitha
- Middle Dutch: heyde, heide
  - Dutch: heide, hei
Old High German: heida
- Middle High German: heide
  - German: Heide
  - Luxembourgish: Heed
Old Norse: heiðr
- Icelandic: heiði
- Faroese: heiði
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Nynorsk: hei
  Norwegian Bokmål: hei, hede
- Old Swedish: hēþ
  - Swedish: hed
- Danish: hede
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 (haiþi)