Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstīnassī

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 *wōstī +‎ *-nassī.

Noun

*wōstīnassī f or n

desolation
a desolate place

Inflection

īn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wōstīnassī
Genitive	*wōstīnassīn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wōstīnassī	—
Accusative	*wōstīnassīn	—
Genitive	*wōstīnassīn	—
Dative	*wōstīnassīn	—
Instrumental	*wōstīnassīn	—

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wōstīnassij(a)
Genitive	*wōstīnassijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wōstīnassij(a)	*wōstīnassiju
Accusative	*wōstīnassij(a)	*wōstīnassiju
Genitive	*wōstīnassijas	*wōstīnassijō
Dative	*wōstīnassijē	*wōstīnassijum
Instrumental	*wōstīnassiju	*wōstīnassijum

Descendants

Old English: wēstenes, woestenis
- Middle English: wastnesse
  - English: wasteness
  - Scots: wastnes, waistnes
Old Frisian: wōstnesse, wēstenisse
- West Frisian: woestens
Old Saxon: *wōstinissi
- Middle Low German: wö̂stenisse
Old Dutch: wuostnussi
- Middle Dutch: *woestenisse
  - Dutch: woestenis
Old High German: *wuostinissi
- Middle High German: wuostnüsse
  - German: Wüstnis