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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāhwawisti

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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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From *nāhw +‎ *wisti.

Noun

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*nāhwawisti f[1]

  1. neighbourhood

Inflection

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i-stem
Singular
Nominative *nāhwawisti
Genitive *nāhwawistī
Singular Plural
Nominative *nāhwawisti *nāhwawistī
Accusative *nāhwawisti *nāhwawistī
Genitive *nāhwawistī *nāhwawistijō
Dative *nāhwawistī *nāhwawistim, *nāhwawistijum
Instrumental *nāhwawistī *nāhwawistim, *nāhwawistijum

Descendants

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  • Old English: nēawist, nēowist
  • Old High German: nāhwist

References

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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 305: “PWGmc *nāhawisti”
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