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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus, equivalent to *dawjaną + *-þuz.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*dauþuz m
- death
Inflection
Declension of *dauþuz (u-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*dauþuz
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*dauþiwiz
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vocative
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*dauþu
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*dauþiwiz
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accusative
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*dauþų
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*dauþunz
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genitive
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*dauþauz
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*dauþiwǫ̂
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dative
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*dauþiwi
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*dauþumaz
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instrumental
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*dauþū
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*dauþumiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dauþu
- Old English: dēaþ, dǣþ, dēað
- Old Frisian: dāth, dād, dāt
- Saterland Frisian: Dood
- West Frisian: dead
- Old Saxon: dōth
- Middle Low German: dōt, dōd
- German Low German: Dood
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Däut
- Suerländer-Märkisch: Dôd
- Westmünsterländisch: Dood
- Plautdietsch: Doot
- Old Dutch: dōt, dōth
- Middle Dutch: dôot
- Dutch: dood
- Limburgish: doead
- Old High German: tōd, dot, doth
- Middle High German: tōt
- Alemannic German:
- Swabian: Daod, Dod
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Dod
- German: Tod
- Luxembourgish: Doud
- Yiddish: טויט (toyt)
- Proto-Norse: *ᛞᚨᚢᚦᚢᛉ (*dauþuʀ)
- Old Norse: dauðr
- → Proto-Finnic: *tauti (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dauþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91