Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑw.wɑz/

Noun

*dawwaz m [1]

moisture
dew

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *dawwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dawwaz	dawwōz, dawwōs
vocative	*daww	dawwōz, dawwōs
accusative	*dawwą	*dawwanz
genitive	dawwas, dawwis	*dawwǫ̂
dative	*dawwai	*dawwamaz
instrumental	*dawwō	*dawwamiz

Descendants

Old English: dēaw, dēaƿ
- Middle English: dew, deu, dewe, deaw, deau, dewȝ, dæw, deew, dieuȝ
  - English: dew
  - Scots: dew, deow, dyow
  - Yola: dhew
Old Frisian: dāw
- North Frisian: dauw
- Saterland Frisian: Dau
Old Dutch: *dau, *dou
- Middle Dutch: dau
  - Dutch: dauw
    - Afrikaans: dou
Old High German: tou
- Middle High German: tou (tau)
  - German: Tau
  - Hunsrik: Daa
  - Luxembourgish: Da

References

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

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[Kroonen_2013-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill