Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīt
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwītaz.
Adjective[edit]
*hwīt[1]
Inflection[edit]
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *hwīt | ||
| Genitive | *hwītas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hwīt | *hwītu | *hwīt |
| Accusative | *hwītanā | *hwītā | *hwīt |
| Genitive | *hwītas | *hwīteʀā | *hwītas |
| Dative | *hwītumē | *hwīteʀē | *hwītumē |
| Instrumental | *hwītu | *hwīteʀu | *hwītu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *hwītē | *hwītō | *hwītu |
| Accusative | *hwītā | *hwītā | *hwītu |
| Genitive | *hwīteʀō | *hwīteʀō | *hwīteʀō |
| Dative | *hwītēm, *hwītum | *hwītēm, *hwītum | *hwītēm, *hwītum |
| Instrumental | *hwītēm, *hwītum | *hwītēm, *hwītum | *hwītēm, *hwītum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: hwīt
- Old Frisian: hwīt, wīt
- Old Saxon: hwīt
- Old Dutch: wīt
- Old High German: wīz
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 49: “PWGmc *hwīt”
See also[edit]
| *blaik, *blank, *hwīt, *blas | *falu, *grāu, *hasu, *grīs, *hair | *blak, *swart |
| *raud | *brūn, *erp, *dunn/dusn | *gelu |
| *grōnī | *grōnī | |
| *blāu | *blāu | |
| *blāu | *purpurā |