Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstini

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 *wōstī +‎ *-ini.

Noun edit

*wōstini f

wasteland, desert
Synonyms: *ainōdī, *haiþi, *wōstini

Inflection edit

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wōstini
Genitive	*wōstunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wōstini	*wōstunnjō
Accusative	*wōstunnjā	*wōstunnjā
Genitive	*wōstunnjā	*wōstunnjō
Dative	*wōstunnjē	wōstunnjōm, wōstunnjum
Instrumental	*wōstunnju	wōstunnjōm, wōstunnjum

Descendants edit

Old English: wēsten
- Middle English: westen, wæsten
Old Frisian: wēstene, wōstene
- North Frisian: woastine
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Wöistenäi
- West Frisian: woastine, woastyn
  - ⇒ West Frisian: woastenije
Old Saxon: wōstinnia, wōstunnia
- Middle Low German: wôstine
  - German Low German: Wööste, Wööst
  - Plautdietsch: Wuste
Old Dutch: *wuostinna
- Middle Dutch: woestine, woesten
  - Dutch: woestijn (stress shift by Romance anology)
    - Afrikaans: woestyn
Old High German: wuostin, wuostinna, wuastinna
- Middle High German: wuostinne, wüestene, wüestin
  - German: Wüste (regularly merged with Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄)
    - → German Low German: Wüüste, Wüüst
    - → Saterland Frisian: Wüüste
  - Yiddish: וויסט (vist)
→ Medieval Latin: wastina, wastīna (see there for further descendants)