Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diupiþu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *diupiþō. Equivalent to *deup (“deep”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*diupiþu f

deepness, depth

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*diupiþu
Genitive	*diupiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*diupiþu	*diupiþō
Accusative	*diupiþā	*diupiþā
Genitive	*diupiþā	*diupiþō
Dative	*diupiþē	*diupiþōm
Instrumental	*diupiþu	*diupiþōm

Descendants

Old English: *dīepþ, *dīepþu
- Middle English: depthe
  - Scots: deepth
  - English: depth
Old Frisian: *diūpithe, *diūpte
- Saterland Frisian: Djüpte
- West Frisian: djipte
Old Saxon: diupitha
- Middle Low German: dêpede
  - Low German: Deepde, Düüpde
Old Dutch: diopitha
- Middle Dutch: dipde, diepte
  - Dutch: diepte
    - Afrikaans: diepte
Old High German: *tiufida
- Middle High German: tiufede, *diufede (Central German, attested as tiefte, tūfede, dūfde)
  - Luxembourgish: Déift