Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wiþrīg

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 *wiþrī (“obstacle”) (whence Old High German widarī) +‎ *-g, from *wiþr (“toward, against”) +‎ *-ī.

Adjective

*wiþrīg

1. adverse

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wiþrīg
Genitive	*wiþrīgas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wiþrīg	*wiþrīgu	*wiþrīg
Accusative	*wiþrīganā	*wiþrīgā	*wiþrīg
Genitive	*wiþrīgas	*wiþrīgeʀā	*wiþrīgas
Dative	*wiþrīgumē	*wiþrīgeʀē	*wiþrīgumē
Instrumental	*wiþrīgu	*wiþrīgeʀu	*wiþrīgu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wiþrīgē	*wiþrīgō	*wiþrīgu
Accusative	*wiþrīgā	*wiþrīgā	*wiþrīgu
Genitive	*wiþrīgeʀō	*wiþrīgeʀō	*wiþrīgeʀō
Dative	*wiþrīgēm, *wiþrīgum	*wiþrīgēm, *wiþrīgum	*wiþrīgēm, *wiþrīgum
Instrumental	*wiþrīgēm, *wiþrīgum	*wiþrīgēm, *wiþrīgum	*wiþrīgēm, *wiþrīgum

Derived terms

• *wiþrīgahaidu

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *witherig
  • Middle Low German: wedderich
    • German Low German: wedderg
• Old Dutch: *witherig
  • Middle Dutch: wederich
    • Dutch: wederig
• Old High German: *widarīg
  • Middle High German: wideric
    • German: widrig
      • → Swedish: vidrig