Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihtą

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

Most likely from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-ti- (“entity, thing”), and cognate with Old Church Slavonic вещь (veštĭ, “thing”).

In addition to the above theory, Kroonen also compares *weganą (“to carry, to move”) (cognate with Proto-Celtic *wextā (“time, course, run”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwix.tɑ̃/

Noun

*wihtą n

  1. thing, creature

Inflection

Declension of *wihtą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *wihtą *wihtō
vocative *wihtą *wihtō
accusative *wihtą *wihtō
genitive *wihtas, *wihtis *wihtǫ̂
dative *wihtai *wihtamaz
instrumental *wihtō *wihtamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: wiht
    • Middle English: wight, wiȝt
      • English: wight, whit
      • Scots: wicht, wycht
  • Old Frisian:
  • Old Saxon:
  • Old Dutch: *wiht
  • Old High German: wiht
  • Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄 (waiht)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “wehti- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 577-8
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