Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sihti

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 *sehwan (“to see”) +‎ *-þi.

Noun

*sihti f

seeing, sight

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sihti
Genitive	*sihtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sihti	*sihtī
Accusative	*sihti	*sihtī
Genitive	*sihtī	*sihtijō
Dative	*sihtī	*sihtim
Instrumental	*sihtī	*sihtim

Derived terms

West Germanic: *gasihti

Descendants

Old English: sihþ, siht
- Middle English: siȝht, siȝt, siht
  - English: sight
  - Scots: sicht
Old Frisian: *sicht
- Saterland Frisian: Sicht
- West Frisian: sicht
Old Saxon: *sihti
- Middle Low German: sichte, sicht
  - German Low German: Sicht
  - → Danish: sigte; sigt
    - → Icelandic: sigti
    - → Faroese: sikti
  - → Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: sikte
  - → Swedish: sikte; sikt
    - → Finnish: sihti (“shifter, sieve, sight”)
Old Dutch: *siht
- Middle Dutch: sicht n
  - Dutch: zicht n
Old High German: siht
- Middle High German: siht
  - German: Sicht
    - → Danish: sigt
    - → Norwegian: sikt
    - → Swedish: sikt
  - Hunsrik: Sicht
  - Luxembourgish: Siicht
  - Pennsylvania German: Sicht