Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wītī

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 *wītiją.

Noun

*wītī n^[1]

punishment

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wītī
Genitive	*wītijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wītī	*wītiju
Accusative	*wītī	*wītiju
Genitive	*wītijas	*wītijō
Dative	*wītijē	*wītijum
Instrumental	*wītiju	*wītijum

Derived terms

*wītinōn

Descendants

Old English: wīte
- Middle English: wite
  - English: wite, wyte
  - Scots: wyte
- → Latin: wīta
Old Frisian: wīte
Old Saxon: wīti
- Middle Low German: wīte
Dutch: wijte
Old High German: wīzi, wīzzi
- Middle High German: wīze

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47: “PWGmc *wītī”