Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīnum.

Noun

*wīn n[1]

wine

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīn
Genitive	*wīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīn	*wīnu
Accusative	*wīn	*wīnu
Genitive	*wīnas	*wīnō
Dative	*wīnē	*wīnum
Instrumental	*wīnu	*wīnum

Descendants

Old English: wīn, ƿin
- Middle English: wyn, wine, wyne
  - English: wine (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: wyne
Old Frisian: wīn
- Saterland Frisian: Wien
- West Frisian: wyn
Old Saxon: wīn
- Middle Low German: wîn
  - German Low German: Wien
  - Plautdietsch: Wien
  - → Latvian: vīns
Old Dutch: wīn m
- Middle Dutch: wijn
  - Dutch: wijn
    - Afrikaans: wyn
  - Limburgish: wien
Old High German: wīn m
- Middle High German: wīn
  - Alemannic German: Wii, Wi, Wy
    Italian Walser: wi, wii, wéin
    Swabian: Wai, Wei, Woi, Wi
  - Bavarian: Wein
    Cimbrian: bain, boi
    Mòcheno: bai'
    Udinese: bain
  - Central Franconian: Weng
    Kölsch: Wing
    Hunsrik: Weng
    Lorraine Franconian: Weïn, Win
    Transylvanian Saxon: Weng
  - German: Wein
    - → Estonian: vein
  - Luxembourgish: Wäin
  - Rhine Franconian: Wei, Weng, Win
    Hessian: Woi
    Palatine German: Wai, Wäi, Wenn, Winn, Woin
  - Vilamovian: wajn
  - Yiddish: ווײַן‎ (vayn)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136: “PWGmc *wīn”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136: “PWGmc *wīn”