Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīhs

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 *wīhsą, from Proto-Indo-European *wéyḱ-os, from *weyḱ-.

Noun

*wīhs n[1]

  1. dwelling, village, settlement, colony, burgh
    Synonyms: *burg, *wīk

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *wīhs
Genitive *wīhsas
Singular Plural
Nominative *wīhs *wīhsu
Accusative *wīhs *wīhsu
Genitive *wīhsas *wīhsō
Dative *wīhsē *wīhsum
Instrumental *wīhsu *wīhsum

Descendants

  • Old English: *wīx n
    • Middle English: wīx
  • Old Frisian: *wīx f
  • Old Saxon: *wīhs f
  • Old Dutch: *wīhs n
  • Old High German: *wīhs m

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *wīhs”
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