Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sehwā

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 *sehwǭ.

Noun

*sehwā f[1]

seeing, sight
eyeball, pupil

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sehwā
Genitive	*sehwōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sehwā	*sehwōn
Accusative	*sehwōn	*sehwōn
Genitive	*sehwōn	*sehwōnō
Dative	*sehwōn	*sehwōm
Instrumental	*sehwōn	*sehwōm

Descendants

Old English: sēo, sēa, sīo f or m
Old Frisian: siā m
Old Saxon: seha
Old Saxon: seho, sio m
- Middle Low German: sên, sênt
  - German Low German: Sehn
Old Dutch: sia
Old High German: seha

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316: “PWGmc *sehwā”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 316: “PWGmc *sehwā”