Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dagaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Often explained as derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”), but the loss of the labialization would be irregular; *dawaz would be expected. Kroonen posits instead a root *dʰeǵʰ- (“day”), from which he says a heteroclitic noun *dʰṓǵʰ-r/n- (“day”) is also derived, the source of Proto-Germanic *dōgera-/*dōgena- (see *dōg-) and Proto-Indo-Iranian *ajʰ-r/n- with irregular loss of the initial consonant, possibly in the zero grade.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*dagaz m
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *dagaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *dagaz | *dagōz, *dagōs | |
vocative | *dag | *dagōz, *dagōs | |
accusative | *dagą | *daganz | |
genitive | *dagas, *dagis | *dagǫ̂ | |
dative | *dagai | *dagamaz | |
instrumental | *dagō | *dagamiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *dag
- Old English: dæġ, deġ — Mercian, Kentish; deag, dæiġ, daig
- Old Frisian: dei, dī
- Old Saxon: dag
- Old Dutch: dag
- Old High German: tag, tac, tak, dac, *dag — northern
- Middle High German: tac, tag, dach
- Old Norse: dagr
- Crimean Gothic: tag
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags)