Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haiþi

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 *haiþī.

Noun

*haiþi f

uncultivated land, wasteland

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haiþi
Genitive	*haiþijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haiþi	*haiþijō
Accusative	*haiþijā	*haiþijā
Genitive	*haiþijā	*haiþijō
Dative	*haiþijē	*haiþijōm
Instrumental	*haiþiju	*haiþijōm

Descendants

Old English: hǣþ
- Middle English: heeth, heth, hethe
  - English: heath
Old Frisian: *hēthe
- Saterland Frisian: Heede
- West Frisian: heide
Old Saxon: hētha
- Middle Low German: heide
  - German Low German: Heide, Heid
  - Westphalian:
    Münsterländer: Häide m, Haide f (Westmünsterländisch)
    East Westphalian: Håi'n (Ravensberger)
Old Dutch: *heitha
- Middle Dutch: heide
  - Dutch: heide, hei
Old High German: heida
- Middle High German: heide
  - German: Heide
  - Luxembourgish: Heed