Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
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English |
English | Barrow-wight | tomb-wraith in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
English | naught, nought | nothing, not aught | pron | AHD W7 LRC |
English | not | negative: without, absence/reverse of | adv | AHD LRC |
English | aught | anything, a whit | pron | AHD W7 LRC |
English | whit | bit, thing, smallest part(icle) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
English | wight | wraith, creature, living being | n | AHD W7 LRC |
Old English | nā-wiht, nā-(w)ht, nā-uht | naught, lit. no whit | pron | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | nō-(wi)ht | nought, lit. no whit | pron | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | ā-wiht, ā-(wy)ht, ā-(w)uht | aught, lit. a whit | pron | W7 ASD LRC |
Old English | wiht | whit, wight | n.neut | LRC |
Middle English | naught, nought | naught/nought | pron | W7 LRC |
Middle English | not | not; nought | adv | W7 LRC |
Middle English | au(g)ht, aght, auzht | aught | pron | W7 CDC LRC |
Middle English | wi(g)ht, wyght | whit, wight | n | W7 LRC |
West Germanic |
Old Frisian | nā-wet | naught, lit. no whit | pron | ASD LRC |
Old Frisian | ā-(w)et | aught, lit. a whit | pron | CDC LRC |
Old Saxon | neō-wiht | naught, lit. no whit | pron | ASD LRC |
Dutch | iets | aught | pron | CDC LRC |
Dutch | wicht | wight, child | n | LRC |
Old Saxon | ēo-wiht | aught, lit. a whit | pron | CDC LRC |
Old Saxon | wiht | whit, wight, demon | n.masc | CDC ASD LRC |
Middle Low German | i(e)ht, iewet, iet | aught, lit. a whit | pron | CDC LRC |
Old High German | neō-wiht | naught, lit. no whit | pron | ASD LRC |
Old High German | eo-wiht, io-wiht, ie-wiht | aught, lit. a whit | pron | CDC LRC |
Old High German | wiht, wihd | whit, wight; nature | n.neut | W7 CDC ASD LRC |
German | Wicht | wight, imp, dwarf, goblin | n.masc | LRC |
North Germanic |
Old Norse | vættr | wight, (supernatural) being | n.fem | LRC |
Icelandic | vætta | whit | n | CDC LRC |
Icelandic | våttr, vættr | whit, wight | n.fem | CDC ASD LRC |
Danish | vætte | wight, elf | n | CDC LRC |
Swedish | vätt(er) | wight, elf | n | LRC |
East Germanic |
Gothic | waiht | whit, wight | n.neut | CDC LRC |
Gothic | waíhts | whit, wight | n.str.fem | LRC |
Balto-Slavic |
Old Slavic | veštĭ | thing | n | W7 LRC |
Hellenic |
Greek | εὑρίσκω | to find | vb | LRC |