Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīhsą

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 *wéyḱ-s-om, from *weyḱ-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*wīhsą n

village, settlement

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīhsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīhsą	*wīhsō
vocative	*wīhsą	*wīhsō
accusative	*wīhsą	*wīhsō
genitive	wīhsas, wīhsis	*wīhsǫ̂
dative	*wīhsai	*wīhsamaz
instrumental	*wīhsō	*wīhsamiz

Descendants

Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs)

Usage notes

Replaced in many Germanic languages by *wīk-, borrowed from Latin vicus, of the same meaning and Proto-Indo-European root:

Germanic: *wīk-
- Old English: wīc, wīċ
  - Middle English: wik, wich
    - English: wick, -wich
- Old Frisian: wīk
  - West Frisian: wyk
- Old Saxon: wīk
  - Middle Low German: wîk
- Old Dutch: wīk (in placenames)
  - Middle Dutch: wijc
    - Dutch: wijk
- Old High German: wīh
  - Middle High German: wīch
    - German: Weich (in Weichbild, etc.)