< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic

Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwītį̄

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

From *hwītaz +‎ *-į̄.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷiː.tĩː/

Noun

*hwītį̄ f[1]

  1. whiteness
  2. white

Inflection
īn-stemDeclension of *hwītį̄ (īn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hwītį̄ *hwītīniz
vocative *hwītį̄ *hwītīniz
accusative *hwītīnų *hwītīnunz
genitive *hwītīniz *hwītīnǫ̂
dative *hwītīni *hwītīmaz
instrumental *hwītīnē *hwītīmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *hwītī
    • Old High German: wīzī
  • Old Norse: hvíti
    • Icelandic: hvíti

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xwītīn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.