Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dampaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑm.pɑz/

Etymology 1

From *dimbaną (“to fog, smoke”).[1]

Noun

*dampaz f[1]

  1. vapor
Declension
Declension of *dampaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dampaz *dampōz, *dampōs
vocative *damp *dampōz, *dampōs
accusative *dampą *dampanz
genitive *dampas, *dampis *dampǫ̂
dative *dampai *dampamaz
instrumental *dampō *dampamiz
Descendants
  • Old English: damp
  • Old Dutch: *damp
  • Middle Low German: damp
    • → Danish: damp
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: damp
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: damp
  • Old High German: thamph, damph, tamph (probably with irregular underlying th-; cf. Old Saxon thempian)
  • Old Swedish: damm

Etymology 2

See above.

Adjective

*dampaz[1]

  1. damp, humid
Inflection
Declension of *dampaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *dampaz *dampō *dampą, -atō *dampai *dampôz *dampō
accusative *dampanǭ *dampǭ *dampą, -atō *dampanz *dampōz *dampō
genitive *dampas, -is *dampaizōz *dampas, -is *dampaizǫ̂ *dampaizǫ̂ *dampaizǫ̂
dative *dampammai *dampaizōi *dampammai *dampaimaz *dampaimaz *dampaimaz
instrumental *dampanō *dampaizō *dampanō *dampaimiz *dampaimiz *dampaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *dampô *dampǭ *dampô *dampaniz *dampōniz *dampōnō
accusative *dampanų *dampōnų *dampô *dampanunz *dampōnunz *dampōnō
genitive *dampiniz *dampōniz *dampiniz *dampanǫ̂ *dampōnǫ̂ *dampanǫ̂
dative *dampini *dampōni *dampini *dampammaz *dampōmaz *dampammaz
instrumental *dampinē *dampōnē *dampinē *dampammiz *dampōmiz *dampammiz
Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dampa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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