Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaij

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

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwajjaz ~ *hujjas, *hujis,^[1] possibly cognate with:

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšiHrám (“milk”), perhaps Proto-Indo-European *tkʷeyH-, *tkʷeHy-,^[2]
or Latin cāseus (“cheese”), Proto-Slavic *kvasъ (“leaven, fermented drink”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewH-, *kweH- (“to ferment, turn sour”).^[3]

Noun

*hwaij m

whey

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwaij
Genitive	*hwaijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwaij	hwaijō, hwaijōs
Accusative	*hwaij	*hwaijā
Genitive	*hwaijas	*hwaijō
Dative	*hwaijē	*hwaijum
Instrumental	*hwaiju	*hwaijum

Descendants

Old English: hwǣġ, hwæiġ, hwēġ
- Middle English: whey, wheyy, whei, wheye, wheyȝe, wey, whay, qwhey, weyȝe, whaye, wege
  - English: whey (whig)
  - Scots: quhaye, quhay, quhey, whey, fey
Old Frisian: *wei, *wai, weye
- Saterland Frisian: Woaie, Waai, Wäi, Uäi
- West Frisian: waei, waai
Old Saxon: *hwei
- Middle Low German: wei
  - German Low German: Wei
  - Low German: Wei, Waje
Old Dutch: *hwei, *wei
- Middle Dutch: wei, wey, wej
  - Dutch: wei
    - Afrikaans: wei

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwaja- ~ *huja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 261-262
^ Rasmussen, J.E. (1990) “Germanic Verscharfung: tying up loose ends”, in Historical Linguistics 1987: papers from the 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1987
^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009) “wei1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), volume IV, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hwaja- ~ *huja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 261-262

[2] Rasmussen, J.E. (1990) “Germanic Verscharfung: tying up loose ends”, in Historical Linguistics 1987: papers from the 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1987

[3] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009) “wei1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[2] (in Dutch), volume IV, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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