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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wihti
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing”).
Noun
*wihti f[1]
- thing, creature
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wihti | |
| Genitive | *wihtī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Accusative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Genitive | *wihtī | *wihtijō |
| Dative | *wihtī | *wihtim |
| Instrumental | *wihtī | *wihtim |
Descendants
- Old English: wiht, wyht, wuht, uht
- Middle English: wiȝt, wight
- English: wight, whit
- Scots: wicht
- Middle English: wiȝt, wight
- Old Frisian: *wet (in compounds)
- Saterland Frisian: nit
- Old Saxon: wiht
- Middle Low German: wicht, wucht
- German Low German: Wicht
- Dutch Low Saxon: wicht
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht
- Sauerländisch: Weyht
- Westmünsterländisch: Wicht
- Westphalian:
- Middle Low German: wicht, wucht
- Old Dutch: wiht
- Middle Dutch: wicht
- Dutch: wicht
- Middle Dutch: wicht
- Old High German: wiht
- Middle High German: wicht
- German: Wicht
- Middle High German: wicht
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“weight”).
Noun
*wihti f
- weight
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wihti | |
| Genitive | *wihtī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Accusative | *wihti | *wihtī |
| Genitive | *wihtī | *wihtijō |
| Dative | *wihtī | *wihtim |
| Instrumental | *wihtī | *wihtim |
Descendants
- Old English: wiht, wihte
- Middle English: weght
- English: weight
- Scots: wecht, weicht
- Middle English: weght
- Old Frisian: wicht, wichte
- North Frisian: wecht
- Saterland Frisian: Wächte
- Old Saxon: *wiht, *wihti
- Middle Low German: wicht, wichte
- Low German: Wicht, Wucht
- → German: Wucht
- Low German: Wicht, Wucht
- Middle Low German: wicht, wichte
- Old Dutch: *wiht
- Middle Dutch: wicht, wichte
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337: “PWGmc *wihti”