Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/duntiz

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 *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”), synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from *duntijaną (“to fall, drop”).[1] Cognate with Albanian gdhend (“to plane”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdun.tiz/

Noun

*duntiz m

  1. shock, impact, blow

Inflection

Declension of *duntiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *duntiz *duntīz
vocative *dunti *duntīz
accusative *duntį *duntinz
genitive *duntīz *duntijǫ̂
dative *duntī *duntimaz
instrumental *duntī *duntimiz
  • *duntijaną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dunti
    • Old English: dynt
    • ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *duntislagi (“a blow which leaves a bruise, punch”)
      • Old Saxon: *duntslag
        • Middle Low German: duntslach, dunslach
      • Old Dutch: *duntslag
        • Middle Dutch: dontslach, donsslach, dunslach
  • Old Norse: dyntr, dyttr

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đuntiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đentanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 71
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