Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/widuz

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 *widʰu- (“tree, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydʰ-, *widʰ- (“to separate, split, cleave, divide”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *widus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.ðuz/

Noun

*widuz m

wood

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *widuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*widuz	*widiwiz
vocative	*widu	*widiwiz
accusative	*widų	*widunz
genitive	*widauz	*widiwǫ̂
dative	*widiwi	*widumaz
instrumental	*widū	*widumiz

Descendants

Old English: widu, wudu, weadu
- Middle English: wode
  - Scots: wod, wuid
  - English: wood
Old Saxon: widu, wido
- Middle Low German: wēde
Old Dutch: *widu
- Middle Dutch: wēde
  - Dutch: wede, (in placenames) -wedde (e.g. Onstwedde)
Old High German: witu
- Middle High German: wite
Old Norse: viðr
- Icelandic: viður
- Faroese: viður
- Norwegian: ved
- Old Swedish: viþer
  - Swedish: ved
- Old Danish: with
  - Danish: ved
- Elfdalian: wið

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