Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dēhǭ

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

Perhaps from an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *dʰek-, *dʰēk- (“a daw, starling, thrush”). Cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”), Latin faccilāre (“the sound or timbre of the thrush”).

Noun

*dēhǭ f

1. (West Germanic) jackdaw

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *dēhǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dēhǭ	*dēhōniz
vocative	*dēhǭ	*dēhōniz
accusative	*dēhōnų	*dēhōnunz
genitive	*dēhōniz	*dēhōnǫ̂
dative	*dēhōni	*dēhōmaz
instrumental	*dēhōnē	*dēhōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dāhwā, *dagwā, *dahā
  • Old English: *dāwe
    • Middle English: dawe
      • English: daw
        • ⇒ English: jackdaw
      • Scots: da, daa, daw
  • Old Saxon: dāha
  • Old High German: tāha
    • Middle High German: tāhe
      • German: Tach, Dache (dialectal)

References

• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đēxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72