Category:Proto-West Germanic terms by etymology

Proto-West Germanic terms categorized by their etymologies.

• Category:Proto-West Germanic blends: Proto-West Germanic terms formed by combinations of other words.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic borrowed terms: Proto-West Germanic terms that are loanwords, i.e. terms that were directly incorporated from another language.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic calques: Proto-West Germanic calques, i.e. terms formed by piece-by-piece translations of terms from other languages.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic compound terms: Proto-West Germanic terms composed of two or more stems.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic deverbals: Proto-West Germanic terms derived from a verb.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic doublets: Proto-West Germanic terms that trace their etymology from ultimately the same source as other terms in the same language, but by different routes, and often with subtly or substantially different meanings.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic inherited terms: Proto-West Germanic terms that were inherited from an earlier stage of the language.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic onomatopoeias: Proto-West Germanic terms that were coined to sound like what they represent.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic terms by prefix: Proto-West Germanic terms categorized by their prefixes.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic rebracketings: Proto-West Germanic terms that have interacted with another word in such a way that the boundary between the words has been modified.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic terms by suffix: Proto-West Germanic terms categorized by their suffixes.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic terms derived from other languages: Proto-West Germanic terms that originate from other languages.
• Category:Proto-West Germanic terms with unknown etymologies: Proto-West Germanic terms whose etymologies have not yet been established.