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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīg
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīgą.
Noun
*wīg m[1]
- battle
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wīg | |
Genitive | *wīgas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wīg | *wīgō, *wīgōs |
Accusative | *wīg | *wīgā |
Genitive | *wīgas | *wīgō |
Dative | *wīgē | *wīgum |
Instrumental | *wīgu | *wīgum |
Descendants
- Old English: wīġ
- Middle English: wiȝe, wi
- Old Frisian: wīg wīch
- North Frisian: wigh, wych
- Old Saxon: wīg
- Middle Low German: wīch
- Old Dutch: wīg
- Middle Dutch: wijch
- Dutch: wijg (obsolete)
- Middle Dutch: wijch
- Old High German: wīg
- → Middle Low German: wīc
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *wīg”