Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wāt

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 *wētaz.

Adjective

*wāt

1. wet

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wāt
Genitive	*wātas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wāt	*wātu	*wāt
Accusative	*wātanā	*wātā	*wāt
Genitive	*wātas	*wāteʀā	*wātas
Dative	*wātumē	*wāteʀē	*wātumē
Instrumental	*wātu	*wāteʀu	*wātu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wātē	*wātō	*wātu
Accusative	*wātā	*wātā	*wātu
Genitive	*wāteʀō	*wāteʀō	*wāteʀō
Dative	*wātēm, *wātum	*wātēm, *wātum	*wātēm, *wātum
Instrumental	*wātēm, *wātum	*wātēm, *wātum	*wātēm, *wātum

Descendants

• Old English: wǣt
  • Middle English: wāt, wēt, weet
    • Scots: weet, weit
    • English: weet (dialectal)
• Old Frisian: wēt
  • North Frisian: weet, wiat, wäit
  • Saterland Frisian: wäit
  • West Frisian: wiet
• >? Old Dutch: *wāt
  • Middle Dutch: wet, wit (possibly borrowed from Frisian)
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit