Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauþuz

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 *dʰówtus, equivalent to *dawjaną +‎ *-þuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑu̯.θuz/

Noun

*dauþuz m

1. death

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *dauþuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dauþuz	*dauþiwiz
vocative	*dauþu	*dauþiwiz
accusative	*dauþų	*dauþunz
genitive	*dauþauz	*dauþiwǫ̂
dative	*dauþiwi	*dauþumaz
instrumental	*dauþū	*dauþumiz

Related terms

• *daudaz
• *dauþubandą
• *dauþudagaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dauþu
  • Old English: dēaþ, dǣð
    • Middle English: deeth, deð, dæð, dæþ; deth, deþ, deeþ, deþe, dethe
      • English: death
      • English: deeth
      • Scots: deith, daith
  • Old Frisian: dāth
    • Saterland Frisian: Dood
    • West Frisian: dead
  • Old Saxon: dōth
    • Middle Low German: dōt, dōd
      • German Low German: Dood
      • Westphalian:

        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Däut

        Suerländer-Märkisch: Dôd

        Westmünsterländisch: Dood

      • Plautdietsch: Doot
  • Old Dutch: dōth, dōt
    • Middle Dutch: dôot
      • Dutch: dood
        • Afrikaans: dood
  • Old High German: tōd, dot, doth
    • Middle High German: tōt
      • Alemannic German:

        Swabian: Daod, Dod

      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Dod

      • German: Tod
      • Luxembourgish: Doud
      • Yiddish: טויט (toyt)
• Proto-Norse: [script needed] (*dauþuz), [script needed] (*dauþi)
  • Old Norse: dauðr
    • Icelandic: dauður
    • Faroese: deyður
    • Middle Norwegian: daudher, dauder
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: daud, (dialectal) dauder, daud'e, daug'e
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: daud
    • Old Swedish: dø̄þer
      • Swedish: död
    • Old Danish: dø̄th
      • Danish: død
        • Norwegian Bokmål: død
          • → Norwegian Nynorsk: død
  • • Finnish: tauti
  • → Proto-Samic: *tāvtë (see there for further descendants)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus)