Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teugą

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

*tiugiz

Etymology

From *teuhaną (“to pull”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈteu̯.ɣɑ̃/

Noun

*teugą n

device for pulling; handle; lever; gear
(collectively) tools; rigging; equipment; stuff

Inflection

Declension of *teugą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*teugą	*teugō
vocative	*teugą	*teugō
accusative	*teugą	*teugō
genitive	teugas, tiugis	*teugǫ̂
dative	*teugai	*teugamaz
instrumental	*teugō	*teugamiz

Derived terms

*gatiugiją
*teugōną
*tiugiją

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *teug, *tiugi
- Old English: *tēog, *tēoh; *tēoġe, *tīeġe
  - (Middle English: toye [also possibly from Dutch])
    - (English: toy)
  - ⇒ Old English: ġetēog, ġetēoh
    - ⇒ Old English: sulhġetēog, sulhġetēoh
- Old Frisian: tiūch, tiōch
  - North Frisian: tjug
  - Saterland Frisian: Tjuuch
  - West Frisian: túch
- Old Saxon: *tiug, *tiuh; gitiuh
  - Middle Low German: tü̂g, tü̂ch; getü̂ch
    - German Low German: Tüüg
    - → Old Norse: tygi
      - Icelandic: tygi
      - Danish: tøj
        → Faroese: toy
      - Norwegian: tøy (Bokmål), tøy (Nynorsk) n
      - Swedish: tyg
- Old Dutch: *tiug; *gitiug
  - Middle Dutch: tuych; ghetuych
    - Dutch: tuig; getuig
      - Afrikaans: tuig
    - → Middle English: toye
      - English: toy
- Old High German: ziug; giziug; giziugi
  - Middle High German: ziug, ziuc; giziuc
    - German: Zeug
    - Luxembourgish: Zäich
    - Yiddish: צײַג (tsayg); Yiddish: געצײַג (getsayg)