Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauniz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-nis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, fume, mist, haze”).

Noun

*dauniz m

  1. haze, smoke
  2. fume; smell, odor

Inflection

Declension of *dauniz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dauniz *daunīz
vocative *dauni *daunīz
accusative *daunį *dauninz
genitive *daunīz *daunijǫ̂
dative *daunī *daunimaz
instrumental *daunī *daunimiz
  • *daumaz
    • Proto-West Germanic: *daum
      • Old High German: doum, *toum
    • Old Norse: *daumr
      • Faroese: deymur (“smoke, stench, strong odour”) (alternatively from Faroese deyma (“to fume”) from Proto-Germanic *daumijaną)
  • *dūną
  • *dūnaz
  • *dunstą
  • *dustą

Descendants

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.