Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hiwi
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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 *hiwją.
Noun
[edit]*hiwi n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter ja-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *hj(a)wj(a) | |
| Genitive | *hiuwjas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *hj(a)wj(a) | *hiuwju |
| Accusative | *hj(a)wj(a) | *hiuwju |
| Genitive | *hiuwjas | *hiuwjō |
| Dative | *hiuwjē | *hiuwjum |
| Instrumental | *hiuwju | *hiuwjum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250: “PWGmc *hiwi, *hiwʲwʲa-”