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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilþī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Adjective
*wilþī[1]
- wild
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *wilþī | ||
| Genitive | *wilþijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *wilþī | *wilþiju | *wilþī |
| Accusative | *wilþijanā | *wilþijā | *wilþī |
| Genitive | *wilþijas | *wilþijeʀā | *wilþijas |
| Dative | *wilþijumē | *wilþijeʀē | *wilþijumē |
| Instrumental | *wilþiju | *wilþijeʀu | *wilþiju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *wilþijē | *wilþijō | *wilþiju |
| Accusative | *wilþijā | *wilþijā | *wilþiju |
| Genitive | *wilþijeʀō | *wilþijeʀō | *wilþijeʀō |
| Dative | *wilþijēm, *wilþijum | *wilþijēm, *wilþijum | *wilþijēm, *wilþijum |
| Instrumental | *wilþijēm, *wilþijum | *wilþijēm, *wilþijum | *wilþijēm, *wilþijum |
Descendants
- Old English: wilde, ƿilde
- Middle English: wild, wilde, wielde, wille, will
- English: wild
- Scots: wylde, wild, wile
- Middle English: wild, wilde, wielde, wille, will
- Old Frisian: wilde
- Saterland Frisian: wield, wüüld
- West Frisian: wyld
- Old Saxon: wildi
- Middle Low German: wilde, wilt
- Low German: wild
- Plautdietsch: wilt
- → Danish: vild
- → Swedish: vild
- Middle Low German: wilde, wilt
- Old Dutch: wildi
- Middle Dutch: wilde, wilt
- Dutch: wild
- Afrikaans: wild
- Limburgish: wildj
- Dutch: wild
- Middle Dutch: wilde, wilt
- Old High German: wildi
- Middle High German: wilde
- Central Franconian: weld, well
- Hunsrik: wild
- Luxembourgish: wëll
- Cimbrian: bill
- German: wild
- Vilamovian: wyłd
- Yiddish: ווילד (vild)
- Central Franconian: weld, well
- Middle High German: wilde
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156: “PWGmc *wilþī”