Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilþī

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 *wilþijaz.

Adjective

*wilþī[1]

  1. wild

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *wilþī
Genitive *wilþijas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *wilþī *wilþiju *wilþī
Accusative *wilþijanā *wilþijā *wilþī
Genitive *wilþijas *wilþijeʀā *wilþijas
Dative *wilþijumē *wilþijeʀē *wilþijumē
Instrumental *wilþiju *wilþijeʀu *wilþiju
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *wilþijē *wilþijō *wilþiju
Accusative *wilþijā *wilþijā *wilþiju
Genitive *wilþijeʀō *wilþijeʀō *wilþijeʀō
Dative *wilþijēm, *wilþijum *wilþijēm, *wilþijum *wilþijēm, *wilþijum
Instrumental *wilþijēm, *wilþijum *wilþijēm, *wilþijum *wilþijēm, *wilþijum

Descendants

  • Old English: wilde
    • Middle English: wild, wilde, wielde, wille, will
  • Old Frisian: wilde
  • Old Saxon: wildi
  • Old Dutch: wildi
    • Middle Dutch: wilde, wilt
      • Dutch: wild
        • Afrikaans: wild
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: weldri
        • Jersey Dutch: wäld
        • Negerhollands: wild, weeld, welt, willit, wil
      • Limburgish: wildj
  • Old High German: wildi

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 156: “PWGmc *wilþī”
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