Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haiþī

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“forest”) (Old Welsh coit), Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”), Albanian kath (“type of wheat”), kasht (“straw”). Possibly further from Proto-Indo-European *kóy-t-os (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), from *keyt- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑi̯.θiː/

Noun

*haiþī f

heath, wasteland

Inflection

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *haiþī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*haiþī	*haiþijôz
vocative	*haiþī	*haiþijôz
accusative	*haiþijǭ	*haiþijōz
genitive	*haiþijōz	*haiþijǫ̂
dative	*haiþijōi	*haiþijōmaz
instrumental	*haiþijō	*haiþijōmiz

Derived terms

*haiþinaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *haiþi
- Old English: hǣþ, *hāþ
  - Middle English: heeth, heth, hethe, hath, hathe, hoth, hothe
    - English: heath, heather
    - Scots: haithe (in compounds)
- Old Frisian: *hēthe
  - North Frisian: hiiđ
  - Saterland Frisian: Heede
  - West Frisian: heide
- Old Saxon: hētha
  - Middle Low German: heide
    - German Low German: Heide, Heid
    - Westphalian:
      Münsterländer: Häide m, Haide f (Westmünsterländisch)
      East Westphalian: Håi'n (Ravensberger)
- Old Dutch: *heitha
  - Middle Dutch: heide
    - Dutch: heide, hei
      - Afrikaans: heide
- Old High German: heida
  - Middle High German: heide
    - German: Heide
    - Luxembourgish: Heed
Old Norse: heiðr f
- Icelandic: heiður, heiði
- Faroese: heiði
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hei, heid
- Norwegian Bokmål: hei
- Old Swedish: hēþ
  - Swedish: hed
- Danish: hede
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hede
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌹 (haiþi)