Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-haidu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *haiduz.

Suffix

*-haidu m

-hood. Forms nouns denoting the condition or quality from nouns and adjectives.

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-haidu
Genitive	*-haidō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-haidu	-haidiwi, -haidō
Accusative	*-haidu	*-haidū
Genitive	*-haidō	*-haidiwō
Dative	-haidiwi, -haidō	*-haidum
Instrumental	*-haidu	*-haidum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-haidu

Alternative reconstructions

*-haidi

Reconstruction notes

Rebuilt in Continental West Germanic as a feminine i-stem.

Descendants

Old English: -hād (m.a-stem)
- Middle English: -had, -hod, -hed, -hede
  - English: -hood; -head
  - Scots: -heid
Old Frisian: -hēd (f.i-stem)
- Saterland Frisian: -haid, -gaid
- West Frisian: -heid
Old Saxon: -hēd (f.i-stem; mf.u-stem)
- Middle Low German: -heit
  - German Low German: -heet, -het
    East Frisian: -heid
    Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommerisch, Paderbornisch: -heit
  - → Danish: -hed
  - → Icelandic: -heit
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: -het
  - → Swedish: -het
Old Dutch: *-hēd, *-heid (f.i-stem)
- Middle Dutch: -heit
  - Dutch: -heid
    - Afrikaans: -heid
Old High German: -heit (f.i-stem)
- Middle High German: -heit
  - Alemannic German: -heit, -keit
  - German: -heit, -keit
  - Yiddish: ־הייט‎ (-heyt), ־קייט‎ (-keyt)