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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawjaną

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 1

Compared with Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, and *dʰweh₂-, but Kroonen prefers to connect it with Hittite [script needed] (tuḫḫušzi, to end), from *dʰuH-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dawjaną [1]

  1. to die

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: dīeġan, dīġan
  • Old Frisian: deia, deja (wk)
  • Old Saxon: dōian (wk)
    • Middle Low German: doeien
      • Low German: döen
  • Old Dutch: *douwen, *dōien
  • Old High German: touwen, tewen (wk)
    • Middle High German: touwen, töuwen
  • Old Norse: deyja
    • Icelandic: deyja
    • Faroese: doyggja
    • Norwegian:
    • Old Swedish: dø̄ia
    • Old Danish: dø̄
    • Old Gutnish: doyia
      • Gutnish: dåie, dåi, doä
    • Dalian:
      • Mora: däja
      • Elfdalian: däia, däa
    • Scanian: dǿja
    • Westrobothnian: dööj, döij, doi, dåi

Etymology 2

Kroonen Considers the word a Germanic-Greek isogloss. From Proto-Indo-European *dʰh̥₂w-eh₁-.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dawjaną [2]

  1. to marvel

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*daujan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 90
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dawēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 91
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