Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dung

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*dung f

  1. cellar

Inflection

Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *dung
Genitive *dungi
Singular Plural
Nominative *dung *dungi
Accusative *dungu *dungi
Genitive *dungi *dungō
Dative *dungi *dungum
Instrumental *dungi *dungum

Derived terms

  • *dungil
    • Old English: *dyngel
      • Middle English: dingle
        • English: dingle (“depression, dell”)
    • Old Frisian: *dengel, *dongel
      • Saterland Frisian: Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”)

Descendants

  • Old English: dung, dinġ — dative and genitive singular; nominative and accusative plural
  • 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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