Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teguz

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 *deḱ-, related to *tehun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɣuz/

Noun

*teguz m

group of ten, decade
(in the plural) -ty

Inflection

Declension of *teguz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*teguz	*tigiwiz
vocative	*tegu	*tigiwiz
accusative	*tegų	*tegunz
genitive	*tegauz	*tigiwǫ̂
dative	*tigiwi	*tegumaz
instrumental	*tegū	*tegumiz

Derived terms

⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *-tegu, *-tigiwi
- Old English: -tiġ
  - Middle English: -ty, -te, -ti, -tie, -tiȝ
    - English: -ty
    - Scots: -ty
- Old Frisian: -tich
  - Saterland Frisian: -tig
  - West Frisian: -tich
- Old Saxon: -tig
  - Middle Low German: -tich
    - German Low German: -tig
- Old Dutch: *-tig
  - Middle Dutch: -tech, -tich
    - Dutch: -tig
      - Afrikaans: -tig
- Old High German: -zig, -zug
  - Middle High German: -zig
    - German: -zig
Old Norse: -tigr, tigr, tøgr
- Icelandic: tugur, -tugu and -tíu in numbers
- Faroese: -ti in numbers
- Old Swedish: tiugher, -tighi in numbers
  - Swedish: tjog, -tio in numbers
- Jamtish: -tig in numbers
Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus)