Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dankwaz
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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]
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʷ-o-, *dʰ(e/o)ngʷ-(o)-i-; according to Pokorny, from *dʰewh₂- (“mist, smoke, haze”). Related to Hittite 𒁕𒀭𒆪𒄿 (da-an-ku-i, “dark, black, murky”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*dankwaz
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *dankwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dankwaz | *dankwai | *dankwō | *dankwôz | *dankwą, -atō | *dankwō |
| Accusative | *dankwanǭ | *dankwanz | *dankwǭ | *dankwōz | *dankwą, -atō | *dankwō |
| Genitive | *dankwas, -is | *dankwaizǫ̂ | *dankwaizōz | *dankwaizǫ̂ | *dankwas, -is | *dankwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dankwammai | *dankwaimaz | *dankwaizōi | *dankwaimaz | *dankwammai | *dankwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dankwanō | *dankwaimiz | *dankwaizō | *dankwaimiz | *dankwanō | *dankwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dankwô | *dankwaniz | *dankwǭ | *dankwōniz | *dankwô | *dankwōnō |
| Accusative | *dankwanų | *dankwanunz | *dankwōnų | *dankwōnunz | *dankwô | *dankwōnō |
| Genitive | *dankwiniz | *dankwanǫ̂ | *dankwōniz | *dankwōnǫ̂ | *dankwiniz | *dankwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dankwini | *dankwammaz | *dankwōni | *dankwōmaz | *dankwini | *dankwammaz |
| Instrumental | *dankwinē | *dankwammiz | *dankwōnē | *dankwōmiz | *dankwinē | *dankwammiz |
Derived terms[edit]
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dinkwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 669, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 669