Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīb

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 *wībą.

Noun

*wīb n

1. woman
2. wife

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīb
Genitive	*wības
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīb	*wību
Accusative	*wīb	*wību
Genitive	*wības	*wībō
Dative	*wībē	*wībum
Instrumental	*wību	*wībum

Derived terms

• *wībōn

Descendants

• Old English: wīf
  • Middle English: wif, wyf
    • English: wife
      • Sranan Tongo: wefi
      • → Japanese: ワイフ (waifu)
        • → English: waifu
    • Scots: wife
• Old Frisian: wīf
  • North Frisian: wüf
  • Saterland Frisian: Wieuw
  • West Frisian: wiif, wyf
• Old Saxon: wīf
  • Middle Low German: wîf
    • German Low German: Wiev
    • Low German: Wief
• Old Dutch: wīf
  • Middle Dutch: wijf
    • Dutch: wijf
      • Afrikaans: wyf
      • Sranan Tongo: wefi
• Old High German: wīb
  • Middle High German: wīp; (northwestern) wīf
    • Alemannic German:

      Italian Walser: wib

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: baip, baibe

      Mòcheno: baib

      Udinese: baip, baib

    • Central Franconian: Wiev, Wivv, Weiv
    • German: Weib
    • Yiddish: ווײַב (vayb)