Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kūskihaidu

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 *kūskī (“chaste”) +‎ *-haidu.

Noun

*kūskihaidu m

chastity

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kūskihaidu
Genitive	*kūskihaidō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kūskihaidu	kūskihaidiwi, kūskihaidō
Accusative	*kūskihaidu	*kūskihaidū
Genitive	*kūskihaidō	*kūskihaidiwō
Dative	kūskihaidiwi, kūskihaidō	*kūskihaidum
Instrumental	*kūskihaidu	*kūskihaidum

Alternative reconstructions

*kų̄skihaidu

Descendants

Old Saxon: *kūskhēd
- Middle Low German: kǖschhēt, kǖschēt, kǖscheit, kuskheyt, kǖshēt, kǖsheit, kūseheit
Old Saxon: *kūskhēd
- Middle High German: kiuschheit, kūscheit
Old Dutch: *kūskheid
- Middle Dutch: cuuscheit
  - Dutch: kuisheid
Old High German: *kūskheit
- Middle High German: kiuschheit, kūscheit
  - German: Keuschheit