Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīwāri

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 vīvārium (“park, enclosure”).

Noun

*wīwāri m

pond

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīwāri
Genitive	*wīwārjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīwāri	wīwārjō, wīwārjōs
Accusative	*wīwāri	*wīwārjā
Genitive	*wīwārjas	*wīwārjō
Dative	*wīwārjē	*wīwārjum
Instrumental	*wīwārju	*wīwārjum

Descendants

Old Dutch: *wīwāri
- Middle Dutch: wuwere, wuwer, wouwer, wiër, wijer
  - Dutch: wijer
Old High German: wīwāri, wīāri
- Middle High German: wīher, wīger
  - German: Weiher