Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiþjǭ

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 *wiþō +‎ *-jǭ.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiθ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*wiþjǭ f

cord, rope, thong

Inflection

Declension of *wiþjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wiþjǭ	*wiþjōniz
vocative	*wiþjǭ	*wiþjōniz
accusative	*wiþjōnų	*wiþjōnunz
genitive	*wiþjōniz	*wiþjōnǫ̂
dative	*wiþjōni	*wiþjōmaz
instrumental	*wiþjōnē	*wiþjōmiz

Related terms

*wiþiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wiþþjā
- Old English: wiþþe
  - Middle English: withthe, witthe, wythth
    - Scots: widdy, widdie, weddy, wethy
    - English: withy; (withe, with)
- Old Frisian: withthe
  - West Frisian: witte
- Old Saxon: *withthia
  - Middle Low German: wedde
- Old Dutch: *withtha
  - Middle Dutch: wisse
    - Dutch: wisse
- Old High German: witta
  - ⇒ Middle High German: witten (verb)
- → Old French: guiche, guige
  - Middle French: guiche
    - French: guiche
  - → Italian: guiggia
Old Norse: viðja
- Danish: vidje
- Faroese: viðja
- Icelandic: viðja
- Norwegian: vidje
- Old Swedish: viþia
  - Swedish: vidja
- → Finnish: vitja
→ Proto-Finnic: *vicca (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “wisse”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “wisse”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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