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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/daugilaz

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

Alternative forms

  • *daugulaz

Etymology

From *dauganą (to conceal, darken) + adjective suffix *-laz (Old High German tougilen "to hide"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (dim, dull), by Pokorny derived from IE *dʰeu (to blow, dissipate, fly about like dust), whence also deaf, down, dust.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑu̯.ɣi.lɑz/

Adjective

*daugilaz

  1. dark
  2. hidden, secret

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: dēagol; dīegel; dīegle
    • Middle English: diȝel, diȝle, diele
  • Old Frisian: dāgol
  • Old Saxon: dōgal
  • Old High German: dougal, tougal

References

  • Elmar Seebold, Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben, Walter de Gruyter (1970), p. 149.
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