Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilþī

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 *wilþijaz.

Adjective

*wilþī

1. wild

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*wilþī
Genitive	*wilþijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wilþī	*wilþiju	*wilþī
Accusative	*wilþijanā	*wilþijā	*wilþī
Genitive	*wilþijas	*wilþijeʀā	*wilþijas
Dative	*wilþijumē	*wilþijeʀē	*wilþijumē
Instrumental	*wilþiju	*wilþijeʀu	*wilþiju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*wilþijē	*wilþijō	*wilþiju
Accusative	*wilþijā	*wilþijā	*wilþiju
Genitive	*wilþijeʀō	*wilþijeʀō	*wilþijeʀō
Dative	*wilþijēm, *wilþijum	*wilþijēm, *wilþijum	*wilþijēm, *wilþijum
Instrumental	*wilþijēm, *wilþijum	*wilþijēm, *wilþijum	*wilþijēm, *wilþijum

Descendants

• Old English: wilde
  • Middle English: wild, wilde, wielde, wille, will
    • English: wild
    • Scots: wylde, wild, wile
• Old Frisian: wilde
  • Saterland Frisian: wíeld, wüüld
  • West Frisian: wyld
• Old Saxon: wildi
  • Middle Low German: wilde, wilt
    • Low German: wild
    • Plautdietsch: wilt
  • → Danish: vild
  • → Swedish: vild
• Old Dutch: wildi
  • Middle Dutch: wilde, wilt
    • Dutch: wild
      • Afrikaans: wild
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: weldri
      • Jersey Dutch: wäld
      • Negerhollands: wild, weeld, welt, willit, wil
    • Limburgish: wildj
• Old High German: wildi
  • Middle High German: wilde
    • Central Franconian: weld, well (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

      Hunsrik: wild

      Luxembourgish: wëll

    • Bavarian: wüd, wuid, wüld
    • Cimbrian: bill
    • German: wild
    • Vilamovian: wyłd
    • Yiddish: ווילד (vild)