Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waiþō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁-teh₂, from *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue, suppress”).[1]

Noun

*waiþō f

  1. a hunt, pursuit, chase
  2. a pasture, grassland, food

Inflection

Declension of *waiþō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *waiþō *waiþôz
vocative *waiþō *waiþôz
accusative *waiþǭ *waiþōz
genitive *waiþōz *waiþǫ̂
dative *waiþōi *waiþōmaz
instrumental *waiþō *waiþōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *waiþu
    • Old English: wāþ
    • Old Frisian: *wāth, *wēth
    • Old Saxon: *weitha
    • Old Dutch: weitha
    • Old High German: weida

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*waiþiz ~ *waiþ(j)ō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
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