Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilgijā

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

Alternative forms

*wiligjā

Etymology

From *wilig +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun

*wilgijā f

willow

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wilgijā
Genitive	*wilgijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wilgijā	*wilgijōn
Accusative	*wilgijōn	*wilgijōn
Genitive	*wilgijōn	*wilgijōnō
Dative	*wilgijōn	wilgijōm, wilgijum
Instrumental	*wilgijōn	wilgijōm, wilgijum

Descendants

Old English: wilige, wylige, wylie
- Middle English: wylugh, wylgh, welogh, wilwe, wili, whily
  - English: willow; English: weel
    - ⇒ English: weely
Old Frisian: *wilge
- Saterland Frisian: Wíelge, Wüülge
Old Saxon: wilgia
- Middle Low German: wilge
  - German Low German: Wilge
Old Dutch: *wilga
- Middle Dutch: wilge f
  - Dutch: wilg m
    - Afrikaans: wilg
Old High German: *wilga
- Middle High German: wilge
  - German: Wilge

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