Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hawi

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 *hawją.

Noun

*hawi n

1. hay

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hawi
Genitive	*hauwjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hawi	*hauwju
Accusative	*hawi	*hauwju
Genitive	*hauwjas	*hauwjō
Dative	*hauwjē	*hauwjum
Instrumental	*hauwju	*hauwjum

Descendants

• Old English: hīeġ, hīġ, hēġ
  • Middle English: hey, heyȝ, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, heiȝ, heigh, hai, hain
    • English: hay
    • Scots: hey
    • Yola: hye, hey
• Old Frisian: hā, hē
  • North Frisian: hau
  • Saterland Frisian: Ho
  • West Frisian: hea
• Old Saxon: hōi, hōgi
  • Middle Low German: höü, hoy, hey, hou
    • Low German: Hau

      Dutch Low Saxon: heui

      German Low German: Hei, Heu

      Plautdietsch: Hei

• Old Dutch: houwi, houwe
  • Middle Dutch: houwe, hoj, hoy
    • Dutch: hooi
      • Afrikaans: hooi
      • Jersey Dutch: hôi
      • → Papiamentu: hoi
    • Limburgish: heuj
• Old High German: hewi, houwi, hou
  • Middle High German: höuwe, houwe, höu
    • Alemannic German: Heuw
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: höobe

      Mòcheno: hei

    • German: Heu
    • Hunsrik: Hei
    • Luxembourgish: Hee
    • Yiddish: היי (hey)
    • ⇒ Middle High German: höuwet
      • Bavarian: Heiet

        Cimbrian: höbiat (“July”), hubiot

      • German: Heuet