Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīt

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 *hwītaz.

Adjective

*hwīt[1]

white

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hwīt	*hwītu	*hwīt
Accusative	*hwītanā	*hwītā	*hwīt
Genitive	*hwītas	*hwīteʀā	*hwītas
Dative	*hwītumē	*hwīteʀē	*hwītumē
Instrumental	*hwītu	*hwīteʀu	*hwītu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*hwītē	*hwītō	*hwītu
Accusative	*hwītā	*hwītā	*hwītu
Genitive	*hwīteʀō	*hwīteʀō	*hwīteʀō
Dative	hwītēm, hwītum	hwītēm, hwītum	hwītēm, hwītum
Instrumental	hwītēm, hwītum	hwītēm, hwītum	hwītēm, hwītum

Descendants

Old English: hwīt, hƿīt
- Middle English: whit, hwit, white, whyte, whitt, whytt, whyt, whiȝt, qwyght, ȝwijt, wyghte
  - English: white
  - Scots: quhite, fyte, fite, whyte, white
  - Yola: whit
Old Frisian: hwīt, wīt
- North Frisian: wit, witj
- Saterland Frisian: wiet
- West Frisian: wyt
Old Saxon: hwīt
- Middle Low German: wit
  - German Low German: witt
  - Low German: witt
  - Plautdietsch: witt
Old Dutch: wīt
- Middle Dutch: wit
  - Dutch: wit
    - Afrikaans: wit
  - Limburgish: wiet
Old High German: wīz
- Middle High German: wīz, wīs
  - Alemannic German: wiiss
    Italian Walser: wiss, wéiss
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: baiz, baizz, bàis
    Mòcheno: bais
    Udinese: bais, baiss
  - Central Franconian: wieß
  - German: weiß
  - Luxembourgish: wäiss
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: weiss
  - Vilamovian: wȧjs
  - Yiddish: ווײַס‎ (vays)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49: “PWGmc *hwīt”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49: “PWGmc *hwīt”