Old English words from Proto-West Germanic
444 Old English words with Proto-West Germanic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 8).
wiht
1. The word for “thing, creature” is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing, being”). Wiktionary takes it as a merger of the feminine *wihtiz and the neuter…
willan
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”). The verb is found in all the old Germanic languages: Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wiljan), Old Norse vilja, Old Frisian…
winnan
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *winnan, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną (“to toil, strive”). The strong verb is Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (winnan, “to suffer”), Old Norse vinna (“to labour, work, win”)…
wise
1. The word for “manner” is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wīsā, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō (“way, manner”). Its cognates are Old Frisian wīs, Old Saxon wīsa and Old High German wīsa, and Old…
witan
1. The verb “to know” is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *witan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”). It is a preterite-present verb in all the old Germanic languages: Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan)…
word
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”). The noun is found in all the old Germanic languages: Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd), Old Norse orð, Old Frisian word, Old…
wrang
1. The word for a ship's hold is probably borrowed from Old Norse vrǫng (“rib in a ship”), in the Old Norwegian form with initial v-. Durkin lists it, with the variant wranga, among the Norse words…
wrecca
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wrakkjō, from Proto-Germanic *wrakjô (“exile, persecuted person”). Kroonen describes it as a noun of the jan-stem type made directly to the strong verb…
writan
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wrītan, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to scratch, carve”). The verb is shared with Old Frisian wrīta (“to write”), Old Saxon wrītan (“to tear; to write”)…
wudu
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *widu (“forest, tree, wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz. The Proto-Germanic noun is continued in Old Norse viðr (“tree, forest, wood”), Old Saxon widu and…
wyrhta
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō (“worker”), a noun made from *wurhti (“deed”) with the suffix *-jō. Within Old English it is the noun wyrht “deed” with the weak masculine ending…
wyrm
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wurmi, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm, snake”). The noun is found in all the old Germanic languages: Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms, “snake”), Old Norse ormr…
wyrt
1. It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *wurti, from Proto-Germanic *wurtiz (“root, plant”). Its cognates are Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts, “root”), Old Norse urt (“herb”), Old Saxon wurt and Old High…
þær
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“there”). The adverb is common Germanic: Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐍂 (þar), Old Norse þar, Old Frisian thēr, Old Saxon thār and Old High…
þencan
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þankijan, from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think”). Its cognates are Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þagkjan), Old Norse þekkja (“to perceive, to know”), Old Frisian…
þicce
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Its relatives are Old Norse þjokkr, Old Frisian thikke, Old Saxon…
þing
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą (“appointed time; meeting; matter”). Its cognates are Old Norse þing, Old Frisian thing, Old Saxon thing and Old High…
þorp
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą. The word is found across Germanic: Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀 (þaurp, “farmland”), Old Norse þorp (“isolated settlement”), Old Frisian…
þrawan
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (“to turn, twist”). In the other West Germanic languages the verb became weak: Old Saxon thrāian and Old High German…
þri
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz (“three”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”). The numeral survives in all the old Germanic languages: Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃…
þrote
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrotā, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”). Its cognates are Old Frisian throt, Old Saxon strota (“gullet, throat”) and Old High German drozza (whence…
þunor
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þunr, from Proto-Germanic *þunraz (“thunder”). Its cognates are Old Frisian thuner, Old Saxon thunar and Old High German donar, and the name of the Norse…
þurst
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz (“thirst”). Related nouns are Old Saxon thurst, Old High German durst and Swedish törst. Old Norse þorsti and Gothic…
þus
It is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þus. It corresponds to Old Frisian thus and Old Saxon thus, and to Old Dutch thus and Old High German dus. Köbler calls the Germanic adverb of unknown…