Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīh

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 1

From Proto-Germanic *wīhaz.

Adjective

*wīh

2. sacred, holy

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wīh
Genitive	*wīhas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wīh	*wīhu	*wīh
Accusative	*wīhanā	*wīhā	*wīh
Genitive	*wīhas	*wīheʀā	*wīhas
Dative	*wīhumē	*wīheʀē	*wīhumē
Instrumental	*wīhu	*wīheʀu	*wīhu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wīhē	*wīhō	*wīhu
Accusative	*wīhā	*wīhā	*wīhu
Genitive	*wīheʀō	*wīheʀō	*wīheʀō
Dative	*wīhēm, *wīhum	*wīhēm, *wīhum	*wīhēm, *wīhum
Instrumental	*wīhēm, *wīhum	*wīhēm, *wīhum	*wīhēm, *wīhum

Derived terms

• *wīhijan

Descendants

• Old English: *wēoh (in compounds)
  • Middle English: weoh
• Old Frisian: *wī (in compounds)
• Old Saxon: *wīh (in compounds)
• Old Dutch: *wī (in compounds)
• Old High German: wīh
  • Middle High German: wīch
    • German: weih (in compounds)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wīhą, cognate with Old Norse vé (“sanctuary, holy place”).

Noun

*wīh n

2. sacred place

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīh
Genitive	*wīhas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīh	*wīhu
Accusative	*wīh	*wīhu
Genitive	*wīhas	*wīhō
Dative	*wīhē	*wīhum
Instrumental	*wīhu	*wīhum

Descendants

• Old English: wēoh, wīh
• Old Saxon: wīh m
  • Middle Low German: wīe, wige
• Old High German: wīh m