Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/deuzą

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 *dʰewsóm, a vṛddhi formation based on *dʰwes- (“to breathe”), which also led to Lithuanian dvēsti, Latvian dvēsele, Proto-Slavic *duša (whence Russian душа́ (dušá)), and possibly Latin bēstia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdeu̯.zɑ̃/

Noun

*deuzą n

  1. (wild) animal, beast

Inflection

Declension of *deuzą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *deuzą *deuzō
vocative *deuzą *deuzō
accusative *deuzą *deuzō
genitive *deuzas, *diuzis *deuzǫ̂
dative *deuzai *deuzamaz
instrumental *deuzō *deuzamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*deuza-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 94-5
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