Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jihtiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *jehaną +‎ *-þiz.

Noun

*jihtiz f

Inflection

Declension of *jihtiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*jihtiz	*jihtīz
vocative	*jihti	*jihtīz
accusative	*jihtį	*jihtinz
genitive	*jihtīz	*jihtijǫ̂
dative	*jihtī	*jihtimaz
instrumental	*jihtī	*jihtimiz

Descendants

Old English: ġiht
Old Frisian: jecht
Old Saxon: *jiht, *giht
- Middle Low German: jicht, gicht
  - Low German: Jicht
  - → Swedish: gikt
  - → Danish: gigt
    - → Icelandic: gigt
    - → Faroese: gikt
- ⇒ Old Saxon: bigihto
  - Middle Low German: bichte
    - → Swedish: bikt
    - → Danish: bigt (obsolete), afbigt
Old Dutch: *jiht, *giht
- Middle Dutch: jicht
  - Dutch: jicht
    - Afrikaans: jig
- ⇒ Old Dutch:
  - Middle Dutch:
    - Dutch: biecht
      - Afrikaans: bieg
Old High German: jiht, *giht (attested in compounds)
- Middle High German: giht
  - German: Gicht
  - Luxembourgish: Giicht
- ⇒ Old High German: bijiht, bigiht
  - Middle High German: begiht, bīht
    - Bavarian: Beichtn
    - German: Beichte
    - Luxembourgish: Becht, Beicht (influenced by German)