Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wīwārī

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

Borrowed from Latin vīvārium (“park, enclosure”).

Noun

*wīwārī m

1. pond

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wīwārī
Genitive	*wīwārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wīwārī	*wīwārijō, *wīwārijōs
Accusative	*wīwārī	*wīwārijā
Genitive	*wīwārijas	*wīwārijō
Dative	*wīwārijē	*wīwārijum
Instrumental	*wīwāriju	*wīwārijum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: wīhiri
• Old Dutch: *wīwāri
  • Middle Dutch: wuwere, wuwer, wouwer, wiër, wijer
    • Dutch: wijer (displaced by the doublet vijver < Old French)
• Old High German: wīwāri, wīāri
  • Middle High German: wīwære, wīwer, wīer, wīger, wīher
    • Bavarian: Weiha
    • Central Franconian: Weiher
      • Luxembourgish: Weier
    • German: Weiher