Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/turtiladūbā

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 *turtilā (“turtledove”) +‎ *dūbā (“dove, pigeon”).

Noun

*turtiladūbā f

1. turtle dove

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*turtiladūbā
Genitive	*turtiladūbōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*turtiladūbā	*turtiladūbōn
Accusative	*turtiladūbōn	*turtiladūbōn
Genitive	*turtiladūbōn	*turtiladūbōnō
Dative	*turtiladūbōn	*turtiladūbōm, *turtiladūbum
Instrumental	*turtiladūbōn	*turtiladūbōm, *turtiladūbum

Descendants

• Old English: *turtildūfe
  • Middle English: turtildove, turteldoufe
    • English: turtle dove
• Old Saxon: *turtildūva, *turtaldūva
  • Middle Low German: turteldūve, turtelduve, tarteldūve, tartelduve, terdeldūve, tirteldūve
    • German Low German: Turtelduuv
    • → Danish: turteldue
    • → Norwegian:

      Norwegian Bokmål: turteldue

      Norwegian Nynorsk: turteldue

    • → Swedish: turturduva
    • → Icelandic: turtildúfa
    • → Faroese: turtildúgva
• Old Dutch: turtuldūva
  • Middle Dutch: torteldûve, turteldûve
    • Dutch: tortelduif
• Old High German: turtultūba, turtulatūba, turtiltūba
  • Middle High German: turteltūbe, türteltūbe
    • German: Turteltaube