Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwītaþornu

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 *hwīt (“white”) +‎ *þornu (“thorn; briar”).

Noun

*hwītaþornu m

hawthorn
Synonym: *haguþurnu

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwītaþornu
Genitive	*hwītaþornō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwītaþornu	hwītaþorniwi, hwītaþornō
Accusative	*hwītaþornu	*hwītaþornū
Genitive	*hwītaþornō	*hwītaþorniwō
Dative	hwītaþorniwi, hwītaþornō	*hwītaþornum
Instrumental	*hwītaþornu	*hwītaþornum

Descendants

Old English: *hwītþorn
- Middle English: whiteþorn, whitethorn, witþorn, whitthorn
  - English: whitethorn
Old High German: wīzdorn
- Middle High German: wīzdorn
  - German: Weißdorn