Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gawitō

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 *ga- +‎ *witō.

Noun

*gawitō m[1]

witness

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gawitō
Genitive	*gawitini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gawitō	*gawitan
Accusative	*gawitan	*gawitan
Genitive	*gawitini	*gawitanō
Dative	*gawitini	*gawitum
Instrumental	*gawitini	*gawitum

Descendants

Old English: ġewita
Old Frisian: wita
⇒ Old Saxon: mēngiwito
Old High German: giwizzo

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc [...] *gawitō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc [...] *gawitō”