Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiþjǭ

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 *wiþō +‎ *-jǭ.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiθ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*wiþjǭ f

cord, rope, thong

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *wiþjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wiþjǭ	*wiþjōniz
vocative	*wiþjǭ	*wiþjōniz
accusative	*wiþjōnų	*wiþjōnunz
genitive	*wiþjōniz	*wiþjōnǫ̂
dative	*wiþjōni	*wiþjōmaz
instrumental	*wiþjōnē	*wiþjōmiz

Related terms

*wiþiz

Descendants

Old English: wiþþe
- Middle English: withthe, witthe, wythth
  - Scots: widdy, widdie, weddy, wethy
  - English: withy; (withe, with)
Old Frisian: withthe
- West Frisian: witte
Old Saxon: *withthia
- Middle Low German: wedde
Old Dutch: *withtha
- Middle Dutch: wisse
  - Dutch: wisse
Old High German witta
- ⇒ Middle High German: witten (verb)
Old Norse: viðja
- Danish: vidje
- Faroese: viðja
- Icelandic: viðja
- Norwegian: vidje
- Old Swedish: viþia
  - Swedish: vidja
- Westrobothnian: (wiri, virj, gverj [< við])
- → Finnish: vitja
→ Proto-Finnic: *vicca

References

Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “wisse”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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[1] Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “wisse”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press