Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haiþi

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 *haiþī.

Noun

*haiþi f

1. uncultivated land, wasteland, moor

   Synonyms: *ainōdī, *mōr, *wōstini

2. heather

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haiþi
Genitive	*haiþijā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haiþi	*haiþijō
Accusative	*haiþijā	*haiþijā
Genitive	*haiþijā	*haiþijō
Dative	*haiþijē	*haiþijōm, *haiþijum
Instrumental	*haiþiju	*haiþijōm, *haiþijum

Descendants

• Old English: hǣþ, *hāþ
  • Middle English: heeth, heth, hethe, hath, hathe, hoth, hothe
    • English: heath, heather
    • Scots: haithe (in compounds)
• Old Frisian: *hēthe
  • North Frisian: hiiđ
  • Saterland Frisian: Heede
  • West Frisian: heide
• Old Saxon: hētha
  • Middle Low German: heide
    • German Low German: Heide, Heid
    • Westphalian:

      Münsterländer: Häide m, Haide f (Westmünsterländisch)

      East Westphalian: Håi'n (Ravensberger)

• Old Dutch: *heitha
  • Middle Dutch: heide
    • Dutch: heide, hei
      • Afrikaans: heide
• Old High German: heida
  • Middle High German: heide
    • German: Heide
    • Luxembourgish: Heed