Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tunglą

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

Of unclear origin. Usually connected to *tungǭ (“tongue”), though the putative semantic links (either the crescent moon resembling a tongue, or the twinkling of the stars bringing to mind the lolling and darting of someone's tongue) are rather speculative and tenuous, and appear to lack semantic parallels in other languages. An alternative theory deriving the word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰn̥ǵʰ- (“covering, overcast”) (whence Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ) is semantically more attractive but formally impossible.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuŋ.ɡlɑ̃/

Noun

*tunglą n[1]

  1. luminary, orb
  2. heavenly body, star

Inflection

Declension of *tunglą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tunglą *tunglō
vocative *tunglą *tunglō
accusative *tunglą *tunglō
genitive *tunglas, *tunglis *tunglǫ̂
dative *tunglai *tunglamaz
instrumental *tunglō *tunglamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tungla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526
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