Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaitī
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz.
Noun[edit]
*hwaitī m[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hwaitī | |
| Genitive | *hwaitijas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hwaitī | *hwaitijō, *hwaitijōs |
| Accusative | *hwaitī | *hwaitijā |
| Genitive | *hwaitijas | *hwaitijō |
| Dative | *hwaitijē | *hwaitijum |
| Instrumental | *hwaitiju | *hwaitijum |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: hwǣte
- Old Frisian: hwēte, wēt
- Old Saxon: hwēti
- Old Dutch: *wēt, *weit
- Old High German: weizi, hwaizi
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *hwaitī”
- ^ “quhete” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- ^ “white” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.