Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dēhǭ
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European root *dʰek-, *dʰēk- (“a daw, starling, thrush”). Cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”), Latin faccilāre (“the sound or timbre of the thrush”).
Noun edit
*dēhǭ f
Inflection edit
ōn-stemDeclension of *dēhǭ (ōn-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *dēhǭ | *dēhōniz | |
vocative | *dēhǭ | *dēhōniz | |
accusative | *dēhōnų | *dēhōnunz | |
genitive | *dēhōniz | *dēhōnǫ̂ | |
dative | *dēhōni | *dēhōmaz | |
instrumental | *dēhōnē | *dēhōmiz |
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *dāhwā, *dagwā; *dahā
References edit
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đēxōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 72