Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwōstō

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 *hwōstô.

Noun

*hwōstō m[1]

  1. cough

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *hwōstō
Genitive *hwōstini, *hwōstan
Singular Plural
Nominative *hwōstō *hwōstan
Accusative *hwōstan *hwōstan
Genitive *hwōstini, *hwōstan *hwōstanō
Dative *hwōstini, *hwōstan *hwōstum
Instrumental *hwōstini, *hwōstan *hwōstum

Descendants

  • Old English: hwōsta
  • Old Saxon: *hwōsto
  • Old Dutch: *huosto
  • Old High German: huosto
    • Middle High German: huoste

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *hwōstō”
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