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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/witōd

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 *witōdaz.

Verb

*witōd

  1. past participle of *witōn (“to know, destine”)

Adjective

*witōd[1]

  1. certain, destined

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *witōd
Genitive *witōdas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *witōd *witōdu *witōd
Accusative *witōdanā *witōdā *witōd
Genitive *witōdas *witōdeʀā *witōdas
Dative *witōdumē *witōdeʀē *witōdumē
Instrumental *witōdu *witōdeʀu *witōdu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *witōdē *witōdō *witōdu
Accusative *witōdā *witōdā *witōdu
Genitive *witōdeʀō *witōdeʀō *witōdeʀō
Dative *witōdēm, *witōdum *witōdēm, *witōdum *witōdēm, *witōdum
Instrumental *witōdēm, *witōdum *witōdēm, *witōdum *witōdēm, *witōdum

Descendants
  • Old English: witod, weoted, weotod, wited, wuted
  • Old Saxon: witod

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 323: “PWGmc *witōd”
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