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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dauþuz. Equivalent to *dauwjan (“to die”) + *-þu.
Noun
*dauþu m
- death
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*dauþu
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| Genitive
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*dauþō
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*dauþu
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*dauþiwi, *dauþō
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| Accusative
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*dauþu
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*dauþū
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| Genitive
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*dauþō
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*dauþiwō
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| Dative
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*dauþiwi, *dauþō
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*dauþum
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| Instrumental
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*dauþu
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*dauþum
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Descendants
- Old English: dēaþ, dǣþ, dēað
- Old Frisian: dāth, dād, dāt
- Saterland Frisian: Dood
- West Frisian: dead
- Old Saxon: dōth
- Middle Low German: dōt, dōd
- German Low German: Dood
- Westphalian:
- Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Däut
- Suerländer-Märkisch: Dôd
- Westmünsterländisch: Dood
- Plautdietsch: Doot
- Old Dutch: dōt, dōth
- Middle Dutch: dôot
- Dutch: dood
- Limburgish: doead
- Old High German: tōd, dot, doth
- Middle High German: tōt
- Alemannic German:
- Swabian: Daod, Dod
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Dod
- German: Tod
- Luxembourgish: Doud
- Yiddish: טויט (toyt)