Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/disk

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin discus.

Noun[edit]

*disk m[1]

  1. dish
    Synonym: *skutilu

Inflection[edit]

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *disk
Genitive *diskas
Singular Plural
Nominative *disk *diskō, *diskōs
Accusative *disk *diskā
Genitive *diskas *diskō
Dative *diskē *diskum
Instrumental *disku *diskum

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: disċ
    • Middle English: disch, dish, disc
      • English: dish
        • Tok Pisin: dis
      • Scots: dish
      • Yola: dishe
  • Old Saxon: disk
  • Old Dutch: disc
  • Old High German: tisc
  • ? Old Norse: diskr (see there for further descendants)
  • ? Proto-Slavic: *dъskà (board) (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135:PWGmc *disk