Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hawi

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 *hawją.

Noun

*hawi n[1]

hay

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hawi
Genitive	*hauwjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hawi	*hauwju
Accusative	*hawi	*hauwju
Genitive	*hauwjas	*hauwjō
Dative	*hauwjē	*hauwjum
Instrumental	*hauwju	*hauwjum

Descendants

Old English: hīeġ, hīġ, hēġ
- Middle English: hey, heyȝ, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, heiȝ, heigh, hai, hain
  - English: hay
  - Scots: hey
  - Yola: hye, hey
Old Frisian: hā, hē
- North Frisian: hau
- Saterland Frisian: Ho
- West Frisian: hea
Old Saxon: hōi, hōgi
- Middle Low German: höü, hoy, hey, hou
  - Low German: Hau
    Dutch Low Saxon: heui
    
    German Low German: Hei, Heu
    Plautdietsch: Hei
Old Dutch: houwi, houwe
- Middle Dutch: houwe, hoj, hoy
  - Dutch: hooi
    - Afrikaans: hooi
    - Jersey Dutch: hôi
    - → Papiamentu: hoi
  - Limburgish: heuj
Old High German: hewi, houwi, hou
- Middle High German: höuwe, houwe, höu
  - Alemannic German: Heuw
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: höobe
    Mòcheno: hei
  - German: Heu
  - Hunsrik: Hei
  - Luxembourgish: Hee
  - Yiddish: היי‎ (hey)
  - ⇒ Middle High German: höuwet
    - Bavarian: Heiet
      Cimbrian: höbiat (“July”), hubiot
    - German: Heuet

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc [...] *hawi”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 53: “PWGmc [...] *hawi”