*wīdaz

Runic: ᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈwiː.ðɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

wide
broad

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₁weydʰh₁os (‘set apart, asunder, in two’), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (‘two’) (see *dwóh₁) + *dʰeh₁- (‘to put’), apparently with dissimilation of the first d-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ (‘widow’), *widuz (‘wood’), Proto-Celtic *weidus (‘wild’) and Latin dīvidō (‘separate, sunder’), vītō (‘avoid, shun’).

Declension

Strong declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wīdaz	wīdō	wīdą, -atō	wīdai	wīdôz	wīdō
Acc.	wīdanǭ	wīdǭ	wīdą, -atō	wīdanz	wīdōz	wīdō
Gen.	wīdas, -is	wīdaizōz	wīdas, -is	wīdaizǫ̂	wīdaizǫ̂	wīdaizǫ̂
Dat.	wīdammai	wīdaizōi	wīdammai	wīdaimaz	wīdaimaz	wīdaimaz
Inst.	wīdanō	wīdaizō	wīdanō	wīdaimiz	wīdaimiz	wīdaimiz

Weak declension

Case	Sg. Masc.	Sg. Fem.	Sg. Neut.	Pl. Masc.	Pl. Fem.	Pl. Neut.
Nom.	wīdô	wīdǭ	wīdô	wīdaniz	wīdōniz	wīdōnō
Acc.	wīdanų	wīdōnų	wīdô	wīdanunz	wīdōnunz	wīdōnō
Gen.	wīdiniz	wīdōniz	wīdiniz	wīdanǫ̂	wīdōnǫ̂	wīdanǫ̂
Dat.	wīdini	wīdōni	wīdini	wīdammaz	wīdōmaz	wīdammaz
Inst.	wīdinē	wīdōnē	wīdinē	wīdammiz	wīdōmiz	wīdammiz

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Descendants

wīd (Old English)
- wid, wyd (Middle English)
  - wide (English)
  - wyd, wid (Scots)
wīd (Old Frisian)
- widj (North Frisian)
- wied (Saterland Frisian)
- wiid (West Frisian)
wīd (Old Saxon)
- wīt (Middle Low German)
  - wied (Low German)
    - ? (Westphalian)
      - wyt (Münsterländisch)
      - weyt, wyt (Paderbornisch)
      - weyt (Sauerländisch)
*wīd (Old Dutch)
- wijt (Middle Dutch)
  - wijd (Dutch)
    - wyd (Afrikaans)
wīt (Old High German)
- wīt (Middle High German)
  - weit (German)
  - ווײַט (vayt) (Yiddish)
wīt (Old High German)
- wīt (Middle High German)
  - weck, wick, wiet, weit (Central Franconian)
    - wäit, weit (Luxembourgish)
víðr (Old Norse)
- víður (Faroese)
- víður (Icelandic)
- vid (Norwegian Nynorsk)
víðr (Old Norse)
- vid (Danish)
  - vid (Norwegian Bokmål)
víðr (Old Norse)
- vīþer, widher (Old Swedish)
  - vid (Swedish)
*vijδēs (Proto-Samic)

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