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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/witō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *witô.
Noun
*witō m[1]
- wise man
Inflection
Masculine an-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *witō | |
Genitive | *witini | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *witō | *witan |
Accusative | *witan | *witan |
Genitive | *witini | *witanō |
Dative | *witini | *witum |
Instrumental | *witini | *witum |
Derived terms
- *gawitō
Descendants
- Old English: wita
- Old High German: wizzo
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *witō”