wuostinna

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōstini. Equivalent to wuosti (“desolate”) +‎ -inna.

Noun

wuostinna f

1. desert. wasteland

Inflection

Declension of wuostinna (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wuostinna	wuostinna, wuostinnon
accusative	wuostinna, wuostinnon	wuostinna, wuostinnon
genitive	wuostinnon	wuostinnono
dative	wuostinnon	wuostinnon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: woestine, woesten
  • Dutch: woestijn (stress shift by Romance anology)
    • Afrikaans: woestyn

Further reading

• “wuostinna”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012