Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wītī

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 *wītiją.

Noun

*wītī n

1. punishment

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wītī
Genitive	*wītijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wītī	*wītiju
Accusative	*wītī	*wītiju
Genitive	*wītijas	*wītijō
Dative	*wītijē	*wītijum
Instrumental	*wītiju	*wītijum

Derived terms

• *wītinōn

Descendants

• Old English: wīte
  • Middle English: wite
    • English: wite, wyte
    • Scots: wyte
  • → Latin: wīta
• Old Frisian: wīte
• Old Saxon: wīti
  • Middle Low German: wīte
• Dutch: wijte
• Old High German: wīzi, wīzzi
  • Middle High German: wīze