Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sihti

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 *sehwan (“to see”) +‎ *-þi.

Noun

*sihti f

1. seeing, sight

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sihti
Genitive	*sihtī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sihti	*sihtī
Accusative	*sihti	*sihtī
Genitive	*sihtī	*sihtijō
Dative	*sihtī	*sihtim, *sihtijum
Instrumental	*sihtī	*sihtim, *sihtijum

Derived terms

• Proto-West Germanic: *gasihti

Descendants

• Old English: sihþ, siht
  • Middle English: siȝht, siȝt, siht
    • English: sight
    • Scots: sicht
• Old Frisian: *sicht
  • Saterland Frisian: Sicht
  • West Frisian: sicht
• Old Saxon: *sihti
  • Middle Low German: sichte, sicht
    • German Low German: Sicht
    • Plautdietsch: Secht
    • → Danish: sigte; sigt
      • → Icelandic: sigti
      • → Faroese: sikti
    • → Norwegian:

      Norwegian Bokmål: sikte

    • → Swedish: sikte; sikt
      • → Finnish: sihti (“shifter, sieve, sight”)
• Old Dutch: *siht
  • Middle Dutch: sicht n
    • Dutch: zicht n
• Old High German: siht
  • Middle High German: siht
    • German: Sicht
      • → Danish: sigt
      • → Norwegian: sikt
      • → Swedish: sikt
    • Hunsrik: Sicht
    • Luxembourgish: Siicht
    • Pennsylvania German: Sicht