Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/weþmō
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *wetmō through Bahder's law, from Proto-Germanic *wetmô.[1]
Noun
[edit]*weþmō m[2]
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *weþmō | |
| Genitive | *witini, *wetan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *weþmō | *weþman |
| Accusative | *weþman | *weþman |
| Genitive | *witini, *wetan | *wetanō |
| Dative | *witini, *wetan | *wetum |
| Instrumental | *witini, *wetan | *wetum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: wituma, wetma, uuituma, weotoma, weotuma, weoþuma
- Old Frisian: wetma, witma
- Old Saxon: withumo
- Old Dutch: withemo
- Old High German: widamo, widomo, widemo
References
[edit]- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wetman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*weþman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 583
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wittum”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 796: “wg. *wetmōn”
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “withume”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “PWGmc. *wetmōn”