Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wihti

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing”).

Noun

*wihti f

2. thing, creature

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wihti
Genitive	*wihtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wihti	*wihtī
Accusative	*wihti	*wihtī
Genitive	*wihtī	*wihtijō
Dative	*wihtī	*wihtim, *wihtijum
Instrumental	*wihtī	*wihtim, *wihtijum

Descendants

• Old English: wiht, wiaht; wyht, wuht, uht
  • 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
    • German Low German: Wicht
    • 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“weight”).

Noun

*wihti f

2. weight

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wihti
Genitive	*wihtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wihti	*wihtī
Accusative	*wihti	*wihtī
Genitive	*wihtī	*wihtijō
Dative	*wihtī	*wihtim, *wihtijum
Instrumental	*wihtī	*wihtim, *wihtijum

Descendants

• Old English: wiht, wihte
  • Middle English: weght
    • English: weight
    • Scots: wecht, weicht
• Old Frisian: wicht, wichte
  • North Frisian: wecht
  • Saterland Frisian: Wächte
• Old Saxon: *wiht, *wihti
  • Middle Low German: wicht, wichte
    • Low German: Wicht, Wucht
      • → German: Wucht
• Old Dutch: *wiht
  • Middle Dutch: wicht, wichte
    • Dutch: wicht
• Old High German: *wihti
  • Middle High German: wiht