Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dekan

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

From Latin decānus.^[1]

Noun

*dekan m

(Christianity) dean

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dekan
Genitive	*dekanas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dekan	dekanō, dekanōs
Accusative	*dekan	*dekanā
Genitive	*dekanas	*dekanō
Dative	*dekanē	*dekanum
Instrumental	*dekanu	*dekanum

Descendants

Old English: decan
Old Frisian: deken
- West Frisian: deken
Old Saxon: *dekan
- Middle Low German: dēken
  - Low German: Diäken (Münsterland)
Old Dutch: *dekan
- Middle Dutch: dēken
  - Dutch: deken
Old High German: tehhan, tehhant
- Middle High German: techen, techent, techant, techān (all also with d-, Central German and/or latinized)
  - Alemannic German: Techet, Teche, Deche
  - Central Franconian: Deche, Dääche
    - Luxembourgish: Dechen
  - German: Dechant

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “deken2”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “Zeer vroege, wellicht al Proto-Germaanse ontlening”.

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “deken2”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “Zeer vroege, wellicht al Proto-Germaanse ontlening”.

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