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, hǣð, hēþ
  • Middle English: heth, heeth, heþ, heath, hethe, hetthe, heþe, heyth, hoth (Late Middle English)
    • English: heath
    • ⇒ Middle Scots: haithehene
• Old Frisian: *hēthe
  • North Frisian: hiiđ
  • Saterland Frisian: Heede
  • West Frisian: heide
• Old Saxon: *hētha, *heitha
  • Middle Low German: heide
    • Low German: Heide
      • German Low German: Heide, Heid, Hede, Heed, Hiede, Hied
      • Westphalian:

        Münsterländer: Häide m, Haide f (Westmünsterländisch)

        East Westphalian: Håi'n (Ravensberger)

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