Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstī

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

Alternative forms

• *wōst, *wōstu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wōstaz, *wōstuz +‎ *-ī (adjective suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-s-to-s, *h₁weh₂-s-tu-s, from *h₁weh₂- (“to leave, abandon”). Cognate with Latin vāstus (“empty; wasted; vast”), Old Irish fás (“empty, void, uninhabited”).

Adjective

*wōstī

1. uninhabited, desolate, waste

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wōstī
Genitive	*wōstijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wōstī	*wōstiju	*wōstī
Accusative	*wōstijanā	*wōstijā	*wōstī
Genitive	*wōstijas	*wōstijeʀā	*wōstijas
Dative	*wōstijumē	*wōstijeʀē	*wōstijumē
Instrumental	*wōstiju	*wōstijeʀu	*wōstiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wōstijē	*wōstijō	*wōstiju
Accusative	*wōstijā	*wōstijā	*wōstiju
Genitive	*wōstijeʀō	*wōstijeʀō	*wōstijeʀō
Dative	*wōstijēm, *wōstijum	*wōstijēm, *wōstijum	*wōstijēm, *wōstijum
Instrumental	*wōstijēm, *wōstijum	*wōstijēm, *wōstijum	*wōstijēm, *wōstijum

Derived terms

• *wōstį̄
• *wōstini

Descendants

• Old English: wēste, wœ̄ste, wōstu
  • Middle English: weste, west, wesste (Ormulum)
• Old Frisian: wēste, wōst
  • Saterland Frisian: wöist
  • West Frisian: woast
• Old Saxon: wōsti
  • Middle Low German: wôste, wûste
    • German Low German: wööst
• Old Dutch: wuosti
  • Middle Dutch: woeste
    • Dutch: woest
      • Afrikaans: woes
    • Limburgish: weus
• Old High German: wuosti, wuasti
  • Middle High German: wüeste
    • German: wüst
    • Luxembourgish: wéischt
    • Hunsrik: wiest
• → Vulgar Latin: *wasti, *guasti
  • Old French: waste, wast, gaste
    • Middle French: gast
    • → Middle English: waste, wast
      • English: waste
      • Scots: waste, wast, waist