Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lį̄ht

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lį̄ht

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 *linhtaz.

Adjective

*lį̄ht[1]

1. light (in weight)

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*lį̄ht
Genitive	*lį̄htas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lį̄ht	*lį̄htu	*lį̄ht
Accusative	*lį̄htanā	*lį̄htā	*lį̄ht
Genitive	*lį̄htas	*lį̄hteʀā	*lį̄htas
Dative	*lį̄htumē	*lį̄hteʀē	*lį̄htumē
Instrumental	*lį̄htu	*lį̄hteʀu	*lį̄htu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lį̄htē	*lį̄htō	*lį̄htu
Accusative	*lį̄htā	*lį̄htā	*lį̄htu
Genitive	*lį̄hteʀō	*lį̄hteʀō	*lį̄hteʀō
Dative	*lį̄htēm, *lį̄htum	*lį̄htēm, *lį̄htum	*lį̄htēm, *lį̄htum
Instrumental	*lį̄htēm, *lį̄htum	*lį̄htēm, *lį̄htum	*lį̄htēm, *lį̄htum

Descendants

• Old English: lēoht, līht
  • Middle English: liȝt, lyghte
    • Scots: licht
    • English: light
• Old Frisian: licht
  • West Frisian: licht
• Old Saxon: līht
• Old Dutch: *līht
  • Middle Dutch: licht
    • Dutch: licht
      • Afrikaans: lig
• Old High German: līhti, līht
  • German: leicht
  • Luxembourgish: liicht
  • Vilamovian: łajcht
  • Yiddish: לײַכט‎ (laykht)

References

1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *lį̄ht”