Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīg

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 *wīgą.

Noun

*wīg m[1]

  1. battle

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wīg
Genitive *wīgas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wīg *wīgō, *wīgōs
Accusative *wīg *wīgā
Genitive *wīgas *wīgō
Dative *wīgē *wīgum
Instrumental *wīgu *wīgum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: wīġ
    • Middle English: wiȝe, wi
  • Old Frisian: wīg, wīch
    • North Frisian: wigh, wych
  • Old Saxon: wīg
  • Old Dutch: wīg
    • Middle Dutch: wijch
      • Dutch: wijg (obsolete)
  • Old High German: wīg
    • → Middle Low German: wīc

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *wīg”
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