Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diupiþu

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 *diupiþō. Equivalent to *deup (“deep”) +‎ *-iþu (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*diupiþu f

1. deepness, depth

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*diupiþu
Genitive	*diupiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*diupiþu	*diupiþō
Accusative	*diupiþā	*diupiþā
Genitive	*diupiþā	*diupiþō
Dative	*diupiþē	*diupiþōm, *diupiþum
Instrumental	*diupiþu	*diupiþōm, *diupiþum

Descendants

• Old English: *dīepþ, *dīepþu
  • Middle English: depthe
    • Scots: deepth
    • English: depth
• Old Frisian: *diūpithe, *diūpte
  • Saterland Frisian: Djüpte
  • West Frisian: djipte
• Old Saxon: diupitha
  • Middle Low German: dêpede
    • Low German: Deepde, Düüpde
• Old Dutch: diopitha
  • Middle Dutch: dipde, diepte
    • Dutch: diepte
      • Afrikaans: diepte
• Old High German: *tiufida
  • Middle High German: tiufede, *diufede (Central German, attested as tiefte, tūfede, dūfde)
    • Luxembourgish: Déift