Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīh

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 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *wīhaz.

Adjective edit

*wīh

sacred, holy

Inflection edit

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wīh
Genitive	*wīhas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wīh	*wīhu	*wīh
Accusative	*wīhanā	*wīhā	*wīh
Genitive	*wīhas	*wīheʀā	*wīhas
Dative	*wīhumē	*wīheʀē	*wīhumē
Instrumental	*wīhu	*wīheʀu	*wīhu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wīhē	*wīhō	*wīhu
Accusative	*wīhā	*wīhā	*wīhu
Genitive	*wīheʀō	*wīheʀō	*wīheʀō
Dative	wīhēm, wīhum	wīhēm, wīhum	wīhēm, wīhum
Instrumental	wīhēm, wīhum	wīhēm, wīhum	wīhēm, wīhum

Derived terms edit

*wīhijan

Descendants edit

Old English: *wēoh (in compounds)
- Middle English: weoh
Old Frisian: *wī (in compounds)
Old Saxon: *wīh (in compounds)
Old Dutch: *wī (in compounds)
Old High German: wīh
- Middle High German: wīch
  - German: weih (in compounds)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *wīhą, cognate with Old Norse vé (“sanctuary, holy place”).

Noun edit

*wīh n^[1]

sacred place

Inflection edit

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīh
Genitive	*wīhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīh	*wīhu
Accusative	*wīh	*wīhu
Genitive	*wīhas	*wīhō
Dative	*wīhē	*wīhum
Instrumental	*wīhu	*wīhum

Descendants edit

Old English: wēoh, wīh
Old Saxon: wīh m
- Middle Low German: wīe, wige
Old High German: wīh m

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *wīh”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 178: “PWGmc *wīh”

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