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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habīg
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Adjective
*habīg[1]
- heavy
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *habīg | ||
| Genitive | *habīgas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *habīg | *habīgu | *habīg |
| Accusative | *habīganā | *habīgā | *habīg |
| Genitive | *habīgas | *habīgeʀā | *habīgas |
| Dative | *habīgumē | *habīgeʀē | *habīgumē |
| Instrumental | *habīgu | *habīgeʀu | *habīgu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *habīgē | *habīgō | *habīgu |
| Accusative | *habīgā | *habīgā | *habīgu |
| Genitive | *habīgeʀō | *habīgeʀō | *habīgeʀō |
| Dative | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum |
| Instrumental | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum | *habīgēm, *habīgum |
Descendants
- Old English: hefiġ, hæfiġ, hefeġ
- Middle English: heviȝ, hevy
- English: heavy
- Scots: hivie, hevy, havy
- Middle English: heviȝ, hevy
- Old Saxon: heƀig, hevig
- Middle Low German: hēvich
- Low German: hevig
- Middle Low German: hēvich
- Old Dutch: hevig
- Middle Dutch: hēvich
- Dutch: hevig
- Middle Dutch: hēvich
- Old High German: hebīg, *hefīg, *hevīg
- Middle High German: hevec, *hebig
- German: hebig
- Middle High German: hevec, *hebig
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *habīg”