Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fų̄ht

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

Etymology

Reflects Proto-Germanic *funhtaz, of uncertain origin. See Proto-Germanic *funhtijaz.

Adjective

*fų̄ht^[1]

wet

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*fų̄ht
Genitive	*fų̄htas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fų̄ht	*fų̄htu	*fų̄ht
Accusative	*fų̄htanā	*fų̄htā	*fų̄ht
Genitive	*fų̄htas	*fų̄hteʀā	*fų̄htas
Dative	*fų̄htumē	*fų̄hteʀē	*fų̄htumē
Instrumental	*fų̄htu	*fų̄hteʀu	*fų̄htu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fų̄htē	*fų̄htō	*fų̄htu
Accusative	*fų̄htā	*fų̄htā	*fų̄htu
Genitive	*fų̄hteʀō	*fų̄hteʀō	*fų̄hteʀō
Dative	fų̄htēm, fų̄htum	fų̄htēm, fų̄htum	fų̄htēm, fų̄htum
Instrumental	fų̄htēm, fų̄htum	fų̄htēm, fų̄htum	fų̄htēm, fų̄htum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: fūht
Old Frisian: *fūht, *fūhte
- Saterland Frisian: fuchtich
- West Frisian: fochte; fochtich
Old Saxon: *fūht
- Middle Low German: vucht
  - German Low German: fucht; fuchtig
  - Low German: fucht
  - → Danish: fugt (noun); fugtig
  - → Swedish: fukt (noun); fuktig
  - → Norwegian: fuktig
Old Dutch: fughte (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: vucht, vocht
  - Dutch: vocht (noun); vochtig
    - Afrikaans: vog (noun); vogtig
Old High German: fūht, fūhti; fiuhti
- Middle High German: viuchte
  - German: feucht

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*fų̄ht”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126: “*fų̄ht”

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