Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauzô

This Proto-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-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Related to *dwēsaz (foolish, stupid).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*dauzô m[1]

  1. (West Germanic) fool

Declension edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *dauzô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dauzô *dauzaniz
vocative *dauzô *dauzaniz
accusative *dauzanų *dauzanunz
genitive *dauziniz *dauzanǫ̂
dative *dauzini *dauzammaz
instrumental *dauzinē *dauzammiz

Descendants edit

  • Old Saxon: *dōro
    • Middle Low German: dōre
      • Danish: dåre
      • Icelandic: dári (possibly)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dåre
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: dåre
      • Swedish: dåre
  • Old Dutch: *dôro
  • Old High German: *tōro

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dauzan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91