Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/waihert(ī)

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 *wai (“woe”) +‎ *-hert(ī) (“-hearted”).

Adjective

*waihert(ī)

1. melancholic

   Synonym: *wēmōdīg

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*waihert
Genitive	*waihertas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*waihert	*waihertu	*waihert
Accusative	*waihertanā	*waihertā	*waihert
Genitive	*waihertas	*waiherteʀā	*waihertas
Dative	*waihertumē	*waiherteʀē	*waihertumē
Instrumental	*waihertu	*waiherteʀu	*waihertu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*waihertē	*waihertō	*waihertu
Accusative	*waihertā	*waihertā	*waihertu
Genitive	*waiherteʀō	*waiherteʀō	*waiherteʀō
Dative	*waihertēm, *waihertum	*waihertēm, *waihertum	*waihertēm, *waihertum
Instrumental	*waihertēm, *waihertum	*waihertēm, *waihertum	*waihertēm, *waihertum

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*waihirtī
Genitive	*waihirtijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*waihirtī	*waihirtiju	*waihirtī
Accusative	*waihirtijanā	*waihirtijā	*waihirtī
Genitive	*waihirtijas	*waihirtijeʀā	*waihirtijas
Dative	*waihirtijumē	*waihirtijeʀē	*waihirtijumē
Instrumental	*waihirtiju	*waihirtijeʀu	*waihirtiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*waihirtijē	*waihirtijō	*waihirtiju
Accusative	*waihirtijā	*waihirtijā	*waihirtiju
Genitive	*waihirtijeʀō	*waihirtijeʀō	*waihirtijeʀō
Dative	*waihirtijēm, *waihirtijum	*waihirtijēm, *waihirtijum	*waihirtijēm, *waihirtijum
Instrumental	*waihirtijēm, *waihirtijum	*waihirtijēm, *waihirtijum	*waihirtijēm, *waihirtijum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *wēhertīg
  • Middle Low German: wēhertich
• Old High German: wēherzīg
  • Middle High German: *wēherzic
    • German: wehherzig (archaic)