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

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