Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gawitō
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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
editEtymology
editNoun
edit*gawitō m[1]
Inflection
edit| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gawitō | |
| Genitive | *gawitini, *gawitan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gawitō | *gawitan |
| Accusative | *gawitan | *gawitan |
| Genitive | *gawitini, *gawitan | *gawitanō |
| Dative | *gawitini, *gawitan | *gawitum |
| Instrumental | *gawitini, *gawitan | *gawitum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: ġewita
- Old Frisian: wita
- Old Saxon: *giwito
- ⇒ Old Saxon: mēngiwito
- Old High German: giwizzo
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc [...] *gawitō”