Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taitaz

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 *doydo-, from *dey- (“to gleam, shimmer, shine”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯.tɑz/

Adjective

*taitaz

Inflection

Declension of *taitaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*taitaz	*taitō	*taitą, -atō	*taitai	*taitôz	*taitō
accusative	*taitanǭ	*taitǭ	*taitą, -atō	*taitanz	*taitōz	*taitō
genitive	*taitas, -is	*taitaizōz	*taitas, -is	*taitaizǫ̂	*taitaizǫ̂	*taitaizǫ̂
dative	*taitammai	*taitaizōi	*taitammai	*taitaimaz	*taitaimaz	*taitaimaz
instrumental	*taitanō	*taitaizō	*taitanō	*taitaimiz	*taitaimiz	*taitaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*taitô	*taitǭ	*taitô	*taitaniz	*taitōniz	*taitōnō
accusative	*taitanų	*taitōnų	*taitô	*taitanunz	*taitōnunz	*taitōnō
genitive	*taitiniz	*taitōniz	*taitiniz	*taitanǫ̂	*taitōnǫ̂	*taitanǫ̂
dative	*taitini	*taitōni	*taitini	*taitammaz	*taitōmaz	*taitammaz
instrumental	*taitinē	*taitōnē	*taitinē	*taitammiz	*taitōmiz	*taitammiz

Derived terms

*taitį̄
*taitijaną
*taitô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tait
- Old English: tāt (in names: Tāta)
  - English: Tate, Tatenhill, Tateshall, Tattershall, etc.
- Old Frisian: *tēt (in names: Wiltēt)
  - West Frisian: Tiete, Tsjitte
- Old Saxon: tēt (in names: Tēthild)
- Old Dutch: *teit, *tēt
  - Middle Dutch: teet
- Old High German: zeiz
  - Middle High German: zeiz
    - German: zeiß
      - ⇒ German: Zeiß, Zeiss (surname)
        → English: Zeiss
Old Norse: teitr
- Icelandic: teitur
- Faroese: teitur
- → Middle English: teit, teyt, teyte, tayt, tayte
  - Middle English: Tayte, Tayt, Teyt (surname)
    - English: Tait
  - Scots: tait, tayt, tate (“active, energetic, lively”)