Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dalkaz

This Proto-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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *dulkaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg-, *dʰelk- (“to stick, prick, stab”). Cognate with Lithuanian dilgus (“prickly”), Latin falx (“hook, sickle”), Old Irish delg (“spine, needle”).[1]

Noun

*dalkaz m

  1. pin, needle
  2. the tongue of a buckle; clasp
  3. (North Germanic) knife

Inflection

Declension of *dalkaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dalkaz *dalkōz, *dalkōs
vocative *dalk *dalkōz, *dalkōs
accusative *dalką *dalkanz
genitive *dalkas, *dalkis *dalkǫ̂
dative *dalkai *dalkamaz
instrumental *dalkō *dalkamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dalk, *dolk
    • Old English: dalc, dolc
      • Middle English: dalk, dalke
  • Old Norse: dálkr

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “falx, -cis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
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