Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gawitō

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- +‎ *witō.

Noun

*gawitō m[1]

  1. witness

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *gawitō
Genitive *gawitini, *gawitan
Singular Plural
Nominative *gawitō *gawitan
Accusative *gawitan *gawitan
Genitive *gawitini, *gawitan *gawitanō
Dative *gawitini, *gawitan *gawitum
Instrumental *gawitini, *gawitan *gawitum

Descendants

  • Old English: ġewita
  • Old Frisian: wita
  • Old Saxon: *giwito
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: mēngiwito
  • Old High German: giwizzo

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc [...] *gawitō”
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