Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wōstini

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 *wōstī +‎ *-ini.

Noun

*wōstini f

wasteland, desert

Inflection

Stem *wōstunnjō-.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: wēsten
- Middle English: westen, wæsten
Old Frisian: wēstene, wōstene
- North Frisian: woastine
- West Frisian: woastyn
Old Saxon: wōstinnia, wōstunnia
- Middle Low German: wôstine
  - German Low German: Wööste, Wööst
  - Plautdietsch: Wuste
Old Dutch: *wuostinna
- Middle Dutch: woestine, woesten
  - Dutch: woestijn (stress shift by Romance anology)
    - Afrikaans: woestyn
Old High German: wuostin, wuostinna
- Middle High German: wuostinne, wüestene, wüestin
  - German: Wüste (regularly merged with Proto-West Germanic *wōstį̄)
    - → German Low German: Wüüste, Wüüst
    - → Saterland Frisian: Wüüste
  - Yiddish: וויסט‎ (vist)
→ Medieval Latin: wastina (see there for further descendants)

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