Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauþalīkaz

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

  • *dauþulīkaz

Etymology

From *dauþuz +‎ *-līkaz.

Adjective

*dauþalīkaz

  1. deadly, fatal
  2. mortal

Inflection

Declension of *dauþalīkaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *dauþalīkaz *dauþalīkō *dauþalīką, *-at(ō) *dauþalīkai *dauþalīkôz *dauþalīkō
accusative *dauþalīkanǭ *dauþalīkǭ *dauþalīką, *-at(ō) *dauþalīkanz *dauþalīkōz *dauþalīkō
genitive *dauþalīkas, *dauþalīkis *dauþalīkaizōz *dauþalīkas, *dauþalīkis *dauþalīkaizǫ̂ *dauþalīkaizǫ̂ *dauþalīkaizǫ̂
dative *dauþalīkammai *dauþalīkaizōi *dauþalīkammai *dauþalīkaimaz *dauþalīkaimaz *dauþalīkaimaz
instrumental *dauþalīkanō *dauþalīkaizō *dauþalīkanō *dauþalīkaimiz *dauþalīkaimiz *dauþalīkaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *dauþalīkô *dauþalīkǭ *dauþalīkô *dauþalīkaniz *dauþalīkōniz *dauþalīkōnō
accusative *dauþalīkanų *dauþalīkōnų *dauþalīkô *dauþalīkanunz *dauþalīkōnunz *dauþalīkōnō
genitive *dauþalīkiniz *dauþalīkōniz *dauþalīkiniz *dauþalīkanǫ̂ *dauþalīkōnǫ̂ *dauþalīkanǫ̂
dative *dauþalīkini *dauþalīkōni *dauþalīkini *dauþalīkammaz *dauþalīkōmaz *dauþalīkammaz
instrumental *dauþalīkinē *dauþalīkōnē *dauþalīkinē *dauþalīkammiz *dauþalīkōmiz *dauþalīkammiz

Descendants

Note: Some daughter languages conflated the first element with the descendant of Proto-Germanic *daudaz (dead).

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dauþalīk
    • Old English: dēaþlīċ
      • Middle English: dethliche, deþlich
    • >? Old English: dēadlīċ
    • Old Frisian: dāthlīk, dādlīk
      • Saterland Frisian: dodelk
      • West Frisian: deadlik, deadelik
    • Old Saxon: *dōthlīk, *dōdlīk
      • Middle Low German: dö̂tlîk
    • Old Dutch: *dōthlīk, *dōdlīk
      • Middle Dutch: dodelijc, dootlijc
    • Old High German: tōdlīh
      • Middle High German: tōtlich, tœtlich, dœtlich
  • Old Norse: *dauðlígr, *dauðligr
    • Icelandic: dauðlegur
    • Faroese: deyðiligur
    • >? Faroese: deydligur (lifeless, dead)
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dødeleg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dødelig
    • Old Swedish: döþeliker, döþelikin
    • Danish: dødelig