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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
Related to *dwēsaz (“foolish, stupid”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*dauzô m[1]
- (West Germanic) fool
Declension
Declension of *dauzô (masculine an-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*dauzô
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*dauzaniz
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| vocative
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*dauzô
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*dauzaniz
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| accusative
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*dauzanų
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*dauzanunz
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| genitive
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*dauziniz
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*dauzanǫ̂
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| dative
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*dauzini
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*dauzammaz
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| instrumental
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*dauzinē
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*dauzammiz
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Descendants
- Old Saxon: *dōro
- Middle Low German: dōre
- → Danish: dåre
- → Icelandic: dári (possibly)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: dåre
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: dåre
- → Swedish: dåre
- Old Dutch: *dôro
- Old High German: *tōro
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dauzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91