Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dulgą

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Maybe related to *dulgaz (“debt”)[1] or perhaps to Ancient Greek θέλγω (thélgō, “to enchant, cheat”).[2]

Noun[edit]

*dulgą n

  1. fight
  2. injury, wound
  3. scar

Inflection[edit]

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dulgą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dulgą *dulgō
vocative *dulgą *dulgō
accusative *dulgą *dulgō
genitive *dulgas, *dulgis *dulgǫ̂
dative *dulgai *dulgamaz
instrumental *dulgō *dulgamiz

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dulga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đulʒan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78
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