Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waigī

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

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Noun

*waigī n[1]

  1. cup

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *waigī
Genitive *waigijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *waigī *waigiju
Accusative *waigī *waigiju
Genitive *waigijas *waigijō
Dative *waigijē *waigijum
Instrumental *waigiju *waigijum

Descendants

  • Old English: wǣġe
  • Old Saxon: wēgi
  • ⇒ Old High German: bahweiga

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 209: “*waigī”
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