Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstini

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 *wōstinī. Equivalent to *wōstī +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*wōstini f

wasteland, desert

Inflection

Stem *wōstunnjō-.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: wēsten, ƿēsten
- Middle English: westen
  - English: westen
Old Frisian: wēstene, wōstene
- North Frisian: woastine
- Saterland Frisian: Wüüste
- West Frisian: woastyn
Old Saxon: wōstinnia, wōstunnia
- Middle Low German: wôstine
  - German Low German: Wüüste, Wüüst
  - Plautdietsch: Wuste
Old Dutch: *wuostinna
- Middle Dutch: woestine, woesten
  - Dutch: woestijn (Similarity to Romance loanwords ending in -ine shifted stress to the last syllable, displacing Middle Dutch woesten, which did not survive)
    - Afrikaans: woestyn
Old High German: wuostinna, wuostin
- Middle High German: wuostinne, wuosten, wüestin, wuoste
  - German: Wüste
  - Yiddish: וויסט‎ (vist)
→ Medieval Latin: wastina (see there for further descendants)