Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daru

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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]

From Proto-Germanic *darō.

Noun[edit]

*daru f[1]

  1. injury, harm

Inflection[edit]

ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *daru
Genitive *darā
Singular Plural
Nominative *daru *darō
Accusative *darā *darā
Genitive *darā *darō
Dative *darē *darōm, *darum
Instrumental *daru *darōm, *darum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: daru, dæru
  • >? Old Dutch: *dara
    • Middle Dutch: dāre (possibly derived from Middle Dutch dāren < Proto-West Germanic *darōn)
  • Old High German: tara

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:PWGmc *daru