Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wētaz

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

Vṛddhi derivative from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water, wet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛː.tɑz/

Adjective

*wētaz

  1. wet

Inflection

Declension of *wētaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wētaz *wētō *wētą, -atō *wētai *wētôz *wētō
accusative *wētanǭ *wētǭ *wētą, -atō *wētanz *wētōz *wētō
genitive *wētas, -is *wētaizōz *wētas, -is *wētaizǫ̂ *wētaizǫ̂ *wētaizǫ̂
dative *wētammai *wētaizōi *wētammai *wētaimaz *wētaimaz *wētaimaz
instrumental *wētanō *wētaizō *wētanō *wētaimiz *wētaimiz *wētaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *wētô *wētǭ *wētô *wētaniz *wētōniz *wētōnō
accusative *wētanų *wētōnų *wētô *wētanunz *wētōnunz *wētōnō
genitive *wētiniz *wētōniz *wētiniz *wētanǫ̂ *wētōnǫ̂ *wētanǫ̂
dative *wētini *wētōni *wētini *wētammaz *wētōmaz *wētammaz
instrumental *wētinē *wētōnē *wētinē *wētammiz *wētōmiz *wētammiz

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *wāt
    • Old English: wǣt
    • Old Frisian: wēt
    • >? Old Dutch: *wāt
      • Middle Dutch: wet, wit (possibly borrowed from Frisian)
        • ⇒ Middle Dutch: verwetten
        • ⇒ Middle Dutch: wetheit
  • Old Norse: vátr
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