Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilgijā

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

• *wiligjā

Etymology

From *wilig +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun

*wilgijā f

1. willow

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wilgijā
Genitive	*wilgijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wilgijā	*wilgijōn
Accusative	*wilgijōn	*wilgijōn
Genitive	*wilgijōn	*wilgijōnō
Dative	*wilgijōn	*wilgijōm, *wilgijum
Instrumental	*wilgijōn	*wilgijōm, *wilgijum

Descendants

• Old English: wilige, wylige, wylie
  • Middle English: wylugh, wylgh, welogh, wilwe, wili, whily
    • English: willow; English: weel
      • ⇒ English: weely
• Old Frisian: *wilge
  • Saterland Frisian: Wíelge, Wüülge
• Old Saxon: wilgia
  • Middle Low German: wilge
    • German Low German: Wilge
• Old Dutch: *wilga
  • Middle Dutch: wilge f
    • Dutch: wilg m
      • Afrikaans: wilg
• Old High German: *wilga
  • Middle High German: wilge
    • German: Wilge