Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstī

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

Alternative forms

*wōst, *wōstu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōstaz[1], *wōstuz[2], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-s-to-s, *h₁weh₂-s-tu-s, from *h₁weh₂- (“to leave, abandon”), +‎ *-ī. Cognate with Latin vāstus (“empty; wasted; vast”), Old Irish fás (“empty, void, uninhabited”).

Adjective

*wōstī[3][4]

uninhabited, desolate, waste

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wōstī
Genitive	*wōstijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wōstī	*wōstiju	*wōstī
Accusative	*wōstijanā	*wōstijā	*wōstī
Genitive	*wōstijas	*wōstijeʀā	*wōstijas
Dative	*wōstijumē	*wōstijeʀē	*wōstijumē
Instrumental	*wōstiju	*wōstijeʀu	*wōstiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wōstijē	*wōstijō	*wōstiju
Accusative	*wōstijā	*wōstijā	*wōstiju
Genitive	*wōstijeʀō	*wōstijeʀō	*wōstijeʀō
Dative	wōstijēm, wōstijum	wōstijēm, wōstijum	wōstijēm, wōstijum
Instrumental	wōstijēm, wōstijum	wōstijēm, wōstijum	wōstijēm, wōstijum

Derived terms

*wōstį̄
*wōstini

Descendants

Old English: wēste, wœ̄ste, wōstu
- Middle English: weste, west; wesste
Old Frisian: wēste, wōst
- Saterland Frisian: wöist
- West Frisian: woast
Old Saxon: wōsti
- Middle Low German: wôste, wûste
  - German Low German: wööst
Old Dutch: wuosti
- Middle Dutch: woeste
  - Dutch: woest
Old High German: wuosti, wuasti
- Middle High German: wüeste
  - German: wüst

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wōstaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wōstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593: “*ueh₂s-tu-”
Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc (but not Frisian?) *wōstī”
Friedrich Kluge (1989), “wüst”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 801

[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*wōstaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 470

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*wōstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 593: “*ueh₂s-tu-”

[3] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc (but not Frisian?) *wōstī”

[4] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “wüst”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 801