Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/witō

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 Proto-Germanic *witô.

Noun

*witō m[1]

wise man

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*witō
Genitive	witini, witan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*witō	*witan
Accusative	*witan	*witan
Genitive	witini, witan	*witanō
Dative	witini, witan	*witum
Instrumental	witini, witan	*witum

Derived terms

*gawitō

Descendants

Old English: wita
Old High German: wizzo

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *witō”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *witō”