Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wantu

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 *wantuz (“glove, mitten”).

Noun

*wantu m

1. glove

Conjugation

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wantu
Genitive	*wantō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wantu	*wantiwi, *wantō
Accusative	*wantu	*wantū
Genitive	*wantō	*wantiwō
Dative	*wantiwi, *wantō	*wantum
Instrumental	*wantu	*wantum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *want, *wont
  • Saterland Frisian: Wonte
  • West Frisian: want
• Old Saxon: *wantu
  • Middle Low German: *wante, *want
    • Low German: Want
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: wanteke f
• Old Dutch: *want
  • Middle Dutch: want, wante
    • Dutch: want
• → Medieval Latin: wantus, gantus, guantus
  • Old French: gant, gaunt
    • Middle French: gant
      • French: gant
    • ⇒ Old French: gantelet, gauntlet
      • French: gauntlet, gantlet
      • → Middle English: gauntelet, gantelet, gauntlet
        • English: gauntlet
        • Yola: gauntletès (plural)
      • → Spanish: guantelete
  • Iberian:
    • Old Leonese: guante
      • Asturian: guante
      • Leonese: guante
    • Portuguese: guante
    • Spanish: guante
  • Italian: guanto
  • Old Occitan: gant, gaunt
    • Catalan: guant
    • Occitan: gant
  • Ladin: guant
  • Piedmontese: guant
  • Sicilian: nguantu
  • → Old High German: wantus, guantus, vantus, wanta