Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daupīni

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daupīniz. Equivalent to *daupijan (“to dip, to immerse”) +‎ *-īni.

Noun

*daupīni f

1. dipping, immersion
2. (Christianity) baptism

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*daupīni
Genitive	*daupīnī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*daupīni	*daupīnī
Accusative	*daupīni	*daupīnī
Genitive	*daupīnī	*daupīnijō
Dative	*daupīnī	*daupīnim, *daupīnijum
Instrumental	*daupīnī	*daupīnim, *daupīnijum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: dēpene
• Old Saxon: dōpi
  • Middle Low German: dōpe, dōp
    • → Danish: dåb
    • → Norwegian: dåp
    • → Swedish: dop
• Old Dutch: douphe, *doupe
  • Middle Dutch: dope
    • Dutch: doop
• Old High German: toufī; *doufī (Central German)
  • Middle High German: toufe, töufe; dōfe (Central German)
    • German: Taufe
    • Hunsrik: Daaf
    • Luxembourgish: Daf
    • Pennsylvania German: Daaf