Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þahsuz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *tótḱ-us, from *tetḱ- (“to weave, braid, add, establish, construct”). Cognate with Latin texō (“weave, braid, build, compose”), Ancient Greek τίκτω (tíktō), τέχνη (tékhnē), τέκτων (téktōn).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈθɑx.suz/

Noun

*þahsuz m

1. badger

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *þahsuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þahsuz	*þahsiwiz
vocative	*þahsu	*þahsiwiz
accusative	*þahsų	*þahsunz
genitive	*þahsauz	*þahsiwǫ̂
dative	*þahsiwi	*þahsumaz
instrumental	*þahsū	*þahsumiz

Derived terms

• *agiþahsijǭ

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *thaks
  • Saterland Frisian: Taks
• Old Saxon: thahs
  • Middle Low German: das, dasse
• Frankish:
  • Old Dutch: *thas
    • Middle Dutch: das
      • Dutch: das
        • Afrikaans: das, dassie
          • English: dassie
        • West Frisian: das
  • Vulgar Latin: taxus, taxō
    • Middle Latin: taxō, taxōnis
    • Old French: taisson
      • Middle French: taisniere, tesniere
        • French: tanière
    • Italian: tasso
    • Spanish: tejón
    • Taxonomic Latin: Taxidea
• Old High German: dahs
  • Middle High German: dahs
    • Cimbrian: daks
    • German: Dachs
      • Swedish: tax
    • Luxembourgish: Dues
    • Yiddish: דאַקס (daks)
• Old Norse: þǫx
  • Danish: svintoks
  • Norwegian: svintoks
• Gothic: *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*þahsus)
  • Galician: teixo, teixugo
  • Portuguese: texugo