Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wihtiz

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 *wekti- (“object, thing”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *veťь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwix.tiz/

Noun

*wihtiz f

essence, being
thing, creature

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *wihtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wihtiz	*wihtīz
vocative	*wihti	*wihtīz
accusative	*wihtį	*wihtinz
genitive	*wihtīz	*wihtijǫ̂
dative	*wihtī	*wihtimaz
instrumental	*wihtī	*wihtimiz

Related terms

*wihtą

Descendants

See *wihtą for more etymological information. The form *wihtiz for wight might also have been an analogy with *wihtiz for weight.

Old English: wiht, ƿiht
- Middle English: wiȝt, wight
  - English: wight, whit
  - Scots: wicht
Old Frisian: *wet (in compounds)
- Saterland Frisian: nit
Old Saxon: wiht
- Middle Low German: wicht, wucht
  - Dutch Low Saxon: wicht
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Wicht
      Sauerländisch: Weyht
      Westmünsterländisch: Wicht
Old Dutch: wiht
- Middle Dutch: wicht
  - Dutch: wicht
Old High German: *wiht
- Middle High German: wicht
  - German: Wicht
- ⇒ Old High German: *giwihti
  - Middle High German: gewichte
    - German: Gewicht
Old Norse: véttr, vétr, vættr, vætr, vítr
- Icelandic: vættur
- Faroese: vættur, veittur
- Norwegian: vette, vætte, vett, vitt
- Old Swedish: vætter, vǣter
  - Swedish: vätte
- Danish: vette, vætte
- Westrobothnian: witer
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (waihts)

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