Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kūskihaidu

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 *kūskī (“chaste”) +‎ *-haidu.

Noun

*kūskihaidu m

1. chastity

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kūskihaidu
Genitive	*kūskihaidō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kūskihaidu	*kūskihaidiwi, *kūskihaidō
Accusative	*kūskihaidu	*kūskihaidū
Genitive	*kūskihaidō	*kūskihaidiwō
Dative	*kūskihaidiwi, *kūskihaidō	*kūskihaidum
Instrumental	*kūskihaidu	*kūskihaidum

Alternative reconstructions

• *kų̄skihaidu

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *kūskhēd
  • Middle Low German: kǖschhēt, kǖschēt, kǖscheit, kuskheyt, kǖshēt, kǖsheit, kūseheit
• Old Saxon: *kūskhēd
  • Middle High German: kiuschheit, kūscheit
• Old Dutch: *kūskheid
  • Middle Dutch: cuuscheit
    • Dutch: kuisheid
• Old High German: *kūskheit
  • Middle High German: kiuschheit, kūscheit
    • German: Keuschheit