Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wetmō
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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 *wetmô.[1]
Noun[edit]
Inflection[edit]
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *wetmō | |
| Genitive | *wetmini, *wetman | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *wetmō | *wetman |
| Accusative | *wetman | *wetman |
| Genitive | *wetmini, *wetman | *wetmanō |
| Dative | *wetmini, *wetman | *wetmum |
| Instrumental | *wetmini, *wetman | *wetmum |
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: wituma, wetma, uuituma, weotoma, weotuma, weoþuma
- Old Frisian: wetma, witma
- Old Saxon: withumo
- Old Dutch: withemo
- Old High German: widamo, widomo, widemo
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*wetman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wittum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 796: “wg. *wetmōn”
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “withume”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “PWGmc. *wetmōn”
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*weþman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583