Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wōstinjō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-GermanicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From *wōstijaz +‎ *-injō.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːs.tin.jɔː/

NounEdit

*wōstinjō f

a desert, wilderness, waste

DeclensionEdit

Declension of *wōstinjō (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wōstinjō	*wōstinjôz
Vocative	*wōstinjō	*wōstinjôz
Accusative	*wōstinjǭ	*wōstinjōz
Genitive	*wōstinjōz	*wōstinjǫ̂
Dative	*wōstinjōi	*wōstinjōmaz
Instrumental	*wōstinjō	*wōstinjōmiz

Related termsEdit

*wōstunjō

DescendantsEdit

Old English: wēsten
- Middle English: westen
  - English: westen
Old Frisian: wēstene, wōstene
- North Frisian: woastine
- Saterland Frisian: Wüüste
- West Frisian: woastyn
Old Saxon: wōstinnia
- Middle Low German: wōstine
  - Plautdietsch: Wuste
Old Frankish: *wuastinna, *wuostinna
- Old Dutch: wuostinna
  - Middle Dutch: woestine, woesten
    - Dutch: woestijn (Similarity to Romance loanwords ending in -ine shifted stress to the last syllable, which is why the Middle Dutch word did not develop to Dutch *woesten.)
      - Afrikaans: woestyn
- Old French: guastine, gastine
  - Middle French: gastine
    - French: gâtine
Old High German: wuostinna, wuostin
- Middle High German: wuostinne, wuosten, wüestin, wuoste
  - German: Wüste
  - Yiddish: וויסט ‎(vist)