Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wind

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 Proto-Germanic *windaz.

Noun

*wind m

1. wind

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wind
Genitive	*windas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wind	*windō, *windōs
Accusative	*wind	*windā
Genitive	*windas	*windō
Dative	*windē	*windum
Instrumental	*windu	*windum

Descendants

• Old English: wind
  • Middle English: wynd, wend, wende, wind, winde, wynde
    • English: wind
    • Scots: wind, win
    • Yola: weend, wyeene
• Old Frisian: wind
  • Saterland Frisian: Wíend
  • West Frisian: wyn
• Old Saxon: wind
  • Middle Low German: wint
    • German Low German: Wind
    • Plautdietsch: Wint
• Old Dutch: wint
  • Middle Dutch: wint
    • Dutch: wind
      • Afrikaans: wind
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: wende
      • Negerhollands: wind, win, wen
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: went
      • → Aukan: winta
      • → Sranan Tongo: winti
    • Limburgish: windj
• Old High German: wint
  • Middle High German: wint
    • Alemannic German:

      Italian Walser: winn, wend, wénn, wind

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: bint

      Mòcheno: bint

      Udinese: bint

      Viennese: Wind

    • German: Wind
    • Luxembourgish: Wand
    • Vilamovian: wynt
    • Yiddish: ווינט (vint)