Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīg
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *wīgą.
Noun edit
*wīg m[1]
Inflection edit
| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wīg | |
| Genitive | *wīgas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wīg | *wīgō, *wīgōs |
| Accusative | *wīg | *wīgā |
| Genitive | *wīgas | *wīgō |
| Dative | *wīgē | *wīgum |
| Instrumental | *wīgu | *wīgum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: wīġ
- Old Frisian: wīg, wīch
- Old Saxon: wīg
- Middle Low German: wīch
- Old Dutch: wīg
- Old High German: wīg
- → Middle Low German: wīc
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213: “PWGmc *wīg”