Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/witōþą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably derived from *witōdaz, past participle of *witōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.tɔː.θɑ̃/

Noun

*witōþą n

law; (literally) what is known or observed

Inflection

Declension of *witōþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*witōþą	*witōþō
vocative	*witōþą	*witōþō
accusative	*witōþą	*witōþō
genitive	witōþas, witōþis	*witōþǫ̂
dative	*witōþai	*witōþamaz
instrumental	*witōþō	*witōþamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *witōþ
- Old Frisian: witut, witat
- Old Saxon: *witōth
  - Middle Low German: wette, wet, wit
    - Low German: Wet
- Old Dutch: witat, witut
  - Middle Dutch: wet
    - Dutch: wet
      - Afrikaans: wet
      - Jersey Dutch: wät
      - Negerhollands: wet
      - → Ambonese Malay: wet
      - → Caribbean Javanese: wèt
      - → Indonesian: wet
      - → Madurese: ꦮꦺꦠ꧀ (wet)
      - → Sranan Tongo: wèt
        → Aukan: weiti
        → Saramaccan: weti
      - → Sundanese: wét
    - Limburgish: wèt
    - → Middle High German: wette
      - Central Franconian: Wett (obsolete)
- Old High German: wizzōd, wizzid
  - Middle High German: wizzōt, wizōt
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌸 (witōþ)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*witōþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 590