Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waiþō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue, suppress”).

Noun

*waiþō f

a hunt, pursuit, chase
a pasture, grassland, food

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *waiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waiþō	*waiþôz
vocative	*waiþō	*waiþôz
accusative	*waiþǭ	*waiþōz
genitive	*waiþōz	*waiþǫ̂
dative	*waiþōi	*waiþōmaz
instrumental	*waiþō	*waiþōmiz

Related terms

*waiþī
*waiþiz
*waiþijaną
*waiþanjaną

Descendants

Old English: wāþ
- Middle English: wathe, waith, wayth
  - English: wathe
Old Dutch: weitha
- Middle Dutch: weide
  - Dutch: weide
Old High German: weida
- Middle High German: weide
  - Alemannic German: weidu
  - German: Weide
Old Norse: veiði (< *waiþiz)
- Icelandic: veiði
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veide

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