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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwaij

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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

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Etymology

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Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *hwajjaz ~ *hujjas, *hujis,[1] possibly cognate with:

Noun

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*hwaij m

  1. whey

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *hwaij
Genitive *hwaijas
Singular Plural
Nominative *hwaij *hwaijō, *hwaijōs
Accusative *hwaij *hwaijā
Genitive *hwaijas *hwaijō
Dative *hwaijē *hwaijum
Instrumental *hwaiju *hwaijum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hwaja- ~ *huja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 261-262
  2. ^ Rasmussen, J.E. (1990) “Germanic Verscharfung: tying up loose ends”, in Historical Linguistics 1987: papers from the 8th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Lille, 1987
  3. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009) “wei1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[2] (in Dutch), volume IV, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press