Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tehswō

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 Proto-Germanic *tehswô.

Adjective

*tehswō

right (opposite of left)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

*tehswandrō

Related terms

*tehsu

Descendants

This word is rare among the daughters, but survives in place names such as Texel (one of the Frisian Islands) and Teisterbant (a historical area in the Netherlands).

Old High German: zeso
- Middle High German: zëse (inflected forms: zësewer, zëswer, zësem, etc.)
  - German: zese