Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōg-

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Nominalization of *dōgaz (“daily, diurnal”). See *dagaz (“day”) for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔːɣ-/

Noun

*dōg- ?

  1. A stem meaning "day"

Inflection

The forms in Old English and Old Norse are exactly analogous to the reflexes of the z-stem noun *segaz (“victory, triumph”), and suggest that this word was, likewise, inflected as a z-stem.

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dōg; *dōgiʀu (plural)
    • Old English: dōgor n, (Anglian) dœ̄g m
    • Old Dutch: *dōg
      • Middle Dutch: *doeg, *doech
  • Old Norse: dǿgr, dœgr n ("twelve-hour period; half-day")
    • Icelandic: dægur
    • Faroese: -døgur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: døger
    • Old Swedish: dø̄gher
    • Old Danish: dø̄ghær
    • ⇒ Old Norse: dǿgn n (“24-hour period”)
      • Old Swedish: dø̄ghn
      • Old Danish: dø̄ghær, dø̄gn
  • →⇒ Proto-Finnic: *tookijo

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dōgera- ~ *dōgena-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97
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