Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/witō

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *witô.

Noun

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*witō m[1]

  1. wise man

Inflection

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Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *witō
Genitive *witini, *witan
Singular Plural
Nominative *witō *witan
Accusative *witan *witan
Genitive *witini, *witan *witanō
Dative *witini, *witan *witum
Instrumental *witini, *witan *witum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old English: wita
  • Old High German: wizzo

References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323:PWGmc *witō