Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hīwiskī

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 *hīwiskiją.

Noun

*hīwiskī n

1. household

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hīwiskī
Genitive	*hīwiskijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hīwiskī	*hīwiskiju
Accusative	*hīwiskī	*hīwiskiju
Genitive	*hīwiskijas	*hīwiskijō
Dative	*hīwiskijē	*hīwiskijum
Instrumental	*hīwiskiju	*hīwiskijum

Descendants

• Old English: hīwisċe, hīwisċ
• ⇒ Old Frisian: hīskithe
• Old Saxon: hīwiski
  • Middle Low German: hîsche, hîsch, hiske, hisk
• Old Dutch: hīwiski, hîiske, hiuuisce, huyssche
  • Middle Dutch: huwesc, huwesc, husch, huisch
    • Dutch: huis (merged with descendant of Proto-West Germanic *hūs)
• Old High German: hīwisci
  • Middle High German: hīwische, hīwisch