Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wīhą

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

Substantivization of *wīhaz (“holy, sacred”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiː.xɑ̃/

Noun

*wīhą n[1]

sacred area, sanctuary

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wīhą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wīhą	*wīhō
vocative	*wīhą	*wīhō
accusative	*wīhą	*wīhō
genitive	wīhas, wīhis	*wīhǫ̂
dative	*wīhai	*wīhamaz
instrumental	*wīhō	*wīhamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *wīh
- Old English: wēoh, wīh
- Old Saxon: wīh m
  - Middle Low German: wīe, wige
- Old High German: wīh m
Old Norse: vé
- Icelandic: vé
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ve
- Norwegian Bokmål: ve
- Old Swedish: vī (only in place-names)
  - Swedish: vi
- Old Danish: wī (only in place-names)
  - Danish: vi
- Old Gutnish: wí
- ⇒ Old Norse: Óðinsvé
  - Icelandic: Óðinsvé
  - Danish: Odense
    - → English: Odense

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīxan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 465

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[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*wīxan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 465