Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dāhwā

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; perhaps cognate with Old Prussian doacke (starling).[1][2]

Noun[edit]

*dāhwā f[1]

  1. jackdaw
    Synonym: *dāhwilā

Inflection[edit]

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *dāhwā
Genitive *dāhwōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *dāhwā *dāhwōn
Accusative *dāhwōn *dāhwōn
Genitive *dāhwōn *dāhwōnō
Dative *dāhwōn *dāhwōm, *dāhwum
Instrumental *dāhwōn *dāhwōm, *dāhwum

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: dāwe
  • Old Saxon: dāha
  • Old High German: tāha

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Dohle”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 149:wg. *dagwōn/dahwōn
  2. 2.0 2.1 Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đēxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 72