Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teguz

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 *deḱ-, related to *tehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.ɣuz/

Noun

*teguz m

1. group of ten, decade
2. (in the plural) -ty

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *teguz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*teguz	*tigiwiz
vocative	*tegu	*tigiwiz
accusative	*tegų	*tegunz
genitive	*tegauz	*tigiwǫ̂
dative	*tigiwi	*tegumaz
instrumental	*tegū	*tegumiz

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *-tegu, *-tigiwi
  • Old English: -tiġ
    • Middle English: -ty, -te, -ti, -tie, -tiȝ
      • English: -ty
      • Scots: -ty
  • Old Frisian: -tich
    • Saterland Frisian: -tig
    • West Frisian: -tich
  • Old Saxon: -tig
    • Middle Low German: -tich
      • German Low German: -tig
  • Old Dutch: *-tig
    • Middle Dutch: -tech, -tich
      • Dutch: -tig
        • Afrikaans: -tig
  • Old High German: -zig, -zug
    • Middle High German: -zig
      • German: -zig
• Old Norse: -tigr, tigr, tøgr
  • Icelandic: tugur, -tugu and -tíu in numbers
  • Faroese: -ti in numbers
  • Old Swedish: tiugher, -tighi in numbers
    • Swedish: tjog, -tio in numbers
  • Jamtish: -tig in numbers
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus)