Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/habīg

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 Proto-Germanic *habīgaz (“heavy”).

Adjective

*habīg^[1]

heavy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*habīg
Genitive	*habīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*habīg	*habīgu	*habīg
Accusative	*habīganā	*habīgā	*habīg
Genitive	*habīgas	*habīgeʀā	*habīgas
Dative	*habīgumē	*habīgeʀē	*habīgumē
Instrumental	*habīgu	*habīgeʀu	*habīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*habīgē	*habīgō	*habīgu
Accusative	*habīgā	*habīgā	*habīgu
Genitive	*habīgeʀō	*habīgeʀō	*habīgeʀō
Dative	habīgēm, habīgum	habīgēm, habīgum	habīgēm, habīgum
Instrumental	habīgēm, habīgum	habīgēm, habīgum	habīgēm, habīgum

Descendants

Old English: hefiġ, hæfiġ, hefeġ
- Middle English: heviȝ, hevy
  - English: heavy
    - Sranan Tongo: hebi
  - Scots: hivie, hevy, havy
Old Frisian: *hefich
- Saterland Frisian: heeuwich, häwich
- West Frisian: hevich
Old Saxon: heƀig, hevig
- Middle Low German: hēvich
  - German Low German: hevig
Old Dutch: hevig
- Middle Dutch: hēvich
  - Dutch: hevig
    - Afrikaans: hewig
Old High German: hebīg, *hefīg, *hevīg
- Middle High German: hevec, *hebig
  - Cimbrian: hévig
  - German: hebig

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *habīg”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *habīg”

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