Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wītan

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

From Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Verb

*wītan

to accuse, to blame

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*wītan
1st sg. past	*wait
3rd pl. past	*witun
Past ptcple	*witan
Infinitive	*wītan
Genitive infin.	*wītannjas
Dative infin.	*wītannjē
Instrum. infin.	*wītannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*wītu	*wait
2nd singular	*wītiʀi	*witī
3rd singular	*wītidi	*wait
1st plural	*wītum	*witum
2nd plural	*wītid	*witud
3rd plural	*wītand	*witun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*wītē	*witī
2nd singular	*wītēs	*witī
3rd singular	*wītē	*witī
1st plural	*wītēm	*witīm
2nd plural	*wītēþ	*witīd
3rd plural	*wītēn	*witīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*wīt
Plural	*wītid
	Present	Past
Participle	*wītandī	*witan

Derived terms

*frawītan

Descendants

Old English: wītan
- Middle English: wīten, wyten
  - Scots: wyte
  - English: wite
Old Frisian: wīta
- Saterland Frisian: wiete
Old Saxon: wītan
- Middle Low German: wīten
Old Dutch: wītan
- Middle Dutch: witen
  - Dutch: wijten
  - Limburgish: wiete
Old High German: wīzan, wīzzan
- Middle High German: wīzen
  - German: weisen
  - → German Low German: wiesen
→ Old French: *guider, guier (also possibly from Gothic)
- Middle French: guider
  - French: guider
- → Middle English: guiden, giden, gyden; guien, gien, gyen
  - English: guide; guy
- → Occitan: guidar, guizar
- → Italian: guidare
- → Spanish: guiar
- → Portuguese: guiar