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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīh
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wīhą.
Noun
*wīh n[1]
- sacred object
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *wīh | |
Genitive | *wīhas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wīh | *wīhu |
Accusative | *wīh | *wīhu |
Genitive | *wīhas | *wīhō |
Dative | *wīhē | *wīhum |
Instrumental | *wīhu | *wīhum |
Related terms
- *wīhijan
Descendants
- Old English: wēoh, wīh
- Old Saxon: wīh m
- Middle Low German: wīe, wige
- Old High German: wīh m
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *wīh”