Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/waiþō

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

From Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue, suppress”).

Noun

*waiþō f

1. a hunt, pursuit, chase
2. a pasture, grassland, food

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *waiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*waiþō	*waiþôz
vocative	*waiþō	*waiþôz
accusative	*waiþǭ	*waiþōz
genitive	*waiþōz	*waiþǫ̂
dative	*waiþōi	*waiþōmaz
instrumental	*waiþō	*waiþōmiz

Related terms

• *waiþiz
• *waiþijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *waiþu
  • Old English: wāþ
    • Middle English: wathe, waith, wayth
      • English: wathe
      • Scots: waith
  • Old Frisian: *wāth, *wēth
    • Saterland Frisian: Weede
    • West Frisian: weide
  • Old Saxon: *weitha
    • Middle Low German: weide
      • German Low German: Weide, Weid
  • Old Dutch: weitha
    • Middle Dutch: weide
      • Dutch: weide, wei
      • West Flemish: wede, wee
  • Old High German: weida
    • Middle High German: weide
      • Alemannic German: weidu
      • German: Weide