Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīb

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

From Proto-Germanic *wībą.

Noun

*wīb n

woman
wife

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīb
Genitive	*wības
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīb	*wību
Accusative	*wīb	*wību
Genitive	*wības	*wībō
Dative	*wībē	*wībum
Instrumental	*wību	*wībum

Derived terms

*wībōn

Descendants

Old English: wīf
- Middle English: wif, wyf
  - English: wife
    - Sranan Tongo: wefi
    - → Japanese: ワイフ (waifu)
      - → English: waifu
  - Scots: wife
Old Frisian: wīf
- North Frisian: wüf
- Saterland Frisian: Wieuw
- West Frisian: wiif, wyf
Old Saxon: wīf
- Middle Low German: wîf
  - German Low German: Wiev
  - Low German: Wief
Old Dutch: wīf
- Middle Dutch: wijf
  - Dutch: wijf
    - Afrikaans: wyf
    - Sranan Tongo: wefi
Old High German: wīb
- Middle High German: wīp; (northwestern) wīf
  - Alemannic German:
    Italian Walser: wib
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: baip, baibe (Luserna)
    
    Mòcheno: baib
    
    Udinese: baip, baib
  - Central Franconian: Wiev, Wivv, Weiv
  - German: Weib
  - Yiddish: ווײַב (vayb)