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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dagaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Uncertain. Often explained as derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”), but the loss of the labialization would be irregular; *dawaz would be expected. Kroonen posits instead a root *dʰeǵʰ- (“day”), from which he says a heteroclitic noun *dʰṓǵʰ-r/n- (“day”) is also derived, the source of Proto-Germanic *dōgera-/*dōgena- (see *dōg-) and Proto-Indo-Iranian *ajʰ-r/n- with irregular loss of the initial consonant, possibly in the zero grade.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.ɣɑz/

Noun

*dagaz m

  1. day
    Synonym: *tīnaz
  2. (Runic alphabet) name of the D-rune (ᛞ)

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *dagaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dagaz *dagōz, *dagōs
vocative *dag *dagōz, *dagōs
accusative *dagą *daganz
genitive *dagas, *dagis *dagǫ̂
dative *dagai *dagamaz
instrumental *dagō *dagamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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