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

1. wasteland, desert

   Synonyms: *ainōdī, *haiþi, *wōstini

Inflection

ī/jō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wōstini
Genitive	*wōstunnjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wōstini	*wōstunnjō
Accusative	*wōstunnjā	*wōstunnjā
Genitive	*wōstunnjā	*wōstunnjō
Dative	*wōstunnjē	*wōstunnjōm, *wōstunnjum
Instrumental	*wōstunnju	*wōstunnjōm, *wōstunnjum

Descendants

• Old English: wēsten
  • Middle English: westen, wæsten
• Old Frisian: wēstene, wōstene
  • North Frisian: woastine
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Wöistenäi
  • West Frisian: woastine, woastyn
    • ⇒ West Frisian: woastenije
• 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, wuastinna
  • 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, wastīna (see there for further descendants)