Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waiþu

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 *waiþō.

Noun

*waiþu f

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*waiþu
Genitive	*waiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*waiþu	*waiþō
Accusative	*waiþā	*waiþā
Genitive	*waiþā	*waiþō
Dative	*waiþē	waiþōm, waiþum
Instrumental	*waiþu	waiþōm, waiþum

Derived terms

*waiþijan

Related terms

*waiþanōn

Descendants

Old English: wāþ
- Middle English: wathe, waith, wayth
  - English: wathe
  - Scots: waith
Old Frisian: *wāth, *wēth
- Saterland Frisian: Weede
- West Frisian: weide
Old Saxon: *weitha
- Middle Low German: weide
  - German Low German: Weide, Weid
Old Dutch: weitha
- Middle Dutch: weide, wêde
  - Dutch: weide, wei
    - Afrikaans: weide, wei
  - West Flemish: wede, wee
Old High German: weida
- Middle High German: weide
  - Alemannic German: weidu
  - German: Weide