Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dungz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéngʰ-s ~ *dʰn̥gʰ-és, from *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, hide, conceal”) +‎ *-s.[1]

Noun

*dungz m

  1. cellar

Inflection

Declension of *dungz (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *dungz *dungiz
vocative *dung *dungiz
accusative *dungų *dungunz
genitive *dungiz *dungǫ̂
dative *dungi *dungumaz
instrumental *dungē *dungumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dung
    • Old English: dung, dinġ — dative and genitive singular; nominative and accusative plural
      • Middle English: donge, dung, dunge
      • → Anglo-Norman: donjun (semantic loan)
    • Old Saxon: dung
    • Old High German: tung, tunc
      • Middle High German: tunc
        • German: Tunk

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dunga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109
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