Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dāhwā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly of imitative origin, similar to *dēhǭ.[1] Perhaps cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”).[2][3]

Noun

*dāhwā f[2]

  1. jackdaw
    Synonym: *dāhwilā

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *dāhwā
Genitive *dāhwōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *dāhwā *dāhwōn
Accusative *dāhwōn *dāhwōn
Genitive *dāhwōn *dāhwōnō
Dative *dāhwōn *dāhwōm, *dāhwum
Instrumental *dāhwōn *dāhwōm, *dāhwum

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *dāwe
  • Old Saxon: dāha
  • Old High German: tāha

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “daw”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Dohle”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 149: “wg. *dagwōn/dahwōn”
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đēxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
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