Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gawihtī

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

From *ga- +‎ *wihti (“weight”) +‎ *-ī (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*gawihtī n

  1. weight

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *gawihtī
Genitive *gawihtijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *gawihtī *gawihtiju
Accusative *gawihtī *gawihtiju
Genitive *gawihtijas *gawihtijō
Dative *gawihtijē *gawihtijum
Instrumental *gawihtiju *gawihtijum

Descendants

  • Old English: gewiht, gewihte
    • Middle English: ȝewihte, ȝewiht, iwichte, ȝewyht
  • Old Saxon: giwihti
    • Middle Low German: gewichte, wichte
  • Old Dutch: *giwihti
    • Middle Dutch: gewichte
  • Old High German: giwihti

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wehti-2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 578: “*ga-weht-ja”
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