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| | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
| − | {{gem-noun|head=wihtan|g=n}} | + | {{gem-noun|head=wihtą|g=n}} |
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| | # [[thing]], [[creature]] | | # [[thing]], [[creature]] |
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| | ====Descendants==== | | ====Descendants==== |
| − | * Old English: {{l|ang|wiht}} ''(f and n)'', {{l|ang|naiwiht}}, {{l|ang|niwiht}} | + | * Old English: {{l|ang|wiht}}, {{l|ang|naiwiht}}, {{l|ang|niwiht}} |
| | ** English: {{l|en|wight}} | | ** English: {{l|en|wight}} |
| − | * Old Saxon / Old Low German: {{l|osx|wiht}} ''(f)'' (< wihtiz, see Gothic) | + | * Old Dutch: *wiht |
| − | ** Middle Saxon / Middle Low German: {{l|gml|wicht}}, {{l|gml|wucht}} | |
| − | * Old Dutch: *{{l|odt|wiht}} | |
| | ** Middle Dutch: {{l|dum|wicht}}, {{l|dum|wecht}} | | ** Middle Dutch: {{l|dum|wicht}}, {{l|dum|wecht}} |
| | *** Dutch: {{l|nl|wicht}}, {{l|nl|niet}} (< nie + wicht), {{l|nl|niets}} (< nie + wicht + s), {{l|nl|iets}} (< ie + wicht + s). | | *** Dutch: {{l|nl|wicht}}, {{l|nl|niet}} (< nie + wicht), {{l|nl|niets}} (< nie + wicht + s), {{l|nl|iets}} (< ie + wicht + s). |
| − | * Old High German: {{l|goh|wiht}}, {{l|goh|wiht}} | + | * Old High German: {{l|goh|wiht}} |
| | ** Middle High German: {{l|gmh|wiht}} | | ** Middle High German: {{l|gmh|wiht}} |
| | *** German: {{l|de|Wicht}} | | *** German: {{l|de|Wicht}} |
| − | * Old Norse: {{l|non|véttr}}, {{l|non|vétr}}, {{l|non|vættr}}, {{l|non|vætr}} (the æ suggests *wihtiz, but might also have been a lowering of the é) ''(m)'' | + | * Gothic: {{l|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄|tr=waiht}}, ni ... waiht (the neuter form waiht as well as the feminine form waihts occurs in Gothic, according to the book Glossarium der Gotischen Sprache, thus the form *wihtiz also existed in Proto-Germanic). |
| − | ** Norwegian: {{l|no|vette}}, {{l|no|vätte}} | |
| − | ** Swedish: {{l|sv|vätte}} | |
| − | ** Danish: {{l|da|vette}}, {{l|da|vätte}} | |
| − | * Gothic: {{l|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃|tr=waihts}} ''(f)'', {{l|got|𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄|tr=waiht}}, ni ... waiht (the neuter form waiht as well as the feminine form waihts occurs in Gothic, according to the book Glossarium der Gotischen Sprache, thus the form *wihtiz also existed in Proto-Germanic). | |
