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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 *dumpilaz.
Noun
*dumpil m
- a well or depression
- pit
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*dumpil
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| Genitive
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*dumpilas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*dumpil
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*dumpilō, *dumpilōs
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| Accusative
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*dumpil
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*dumpilā
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| Genitive
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*dumpilas
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*dumpilō
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| Dative
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*dumpilē
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*dumpilum
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| Instrumental
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*dumpilu
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*dumpilum
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Descendants
- Old English: *dympel
- English: dimpel, dimpil, dympull
- Old Saxon: *dumpil
- Middle Low German: dümpel
- German Low German: Dümpel
- Old High German: *tumpfil; tumpfilo
- Middle High German: tümpfel
- German: Tümpfel (dialectal), Tümpel