Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Dōnauwjā

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 *Dōnawjaz.

Proper noun

*Dōnauwjā f

1. the river Danube

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Dōnauwjā
Genitive	*Dōnauwjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Dōnauwjā	*Dōnauwjōn
Accusative	*Dōnauwjōn	*Dōnauwjōn
Genitive	*Dōnauwjōn	*Dōnauwjōnō
Dative	*Dōnauwjōn	*Dōnauwjōm, *Dōnauwjum
Instrumental	*Dōnauwjōn	*Dōnauwjōm, *Dōnauwjum

Alternative reconstructions

• *Dōnauwju

Descendants

• Old English: Dōnua (hapax att. c. 890, possibly actually from Old Cornish or Old Saxon)
• Old Saxon: *Dōnūa
  • Middle Low German: Dônouw, Dônouwe, Dunouw, Dunouwe
  • → Old Norse: Dónua
• Old Dutch: *Donouwa
  • Middle Dutch: Danouwe, Dunouwe, Denouwe
• Old High German: Tuonouwa, Duonowa, Tuonouwe
  • Middle High German: Tuonouwe, Tuonowe, Tuonawe, Tunaw
    • German: Donau, Dunau, Tonau, Dhonau, Thonau, Donaw, Dunaw, Dhonaw, Tonaw, Tunaw, Thonaw, Thunaw (obsolete)
      • → Chinese: 多瑙 (Duōnǎo)
      • → Danish: Donau
      • → Dutch: Donau
      • → Icelandic: Dóná
      • → Japanese: ドナウ (Donau)
      • → Low German: Donau
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: Donau
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: Donau
      • → Swedish: Donau