Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōg-

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

Alternative forms

• *dōgaz, *dōgiz, *dōgin-

Etymology

Nominalization of *dōgaz (“daily, diurnal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːɣ-/

Noun

*dōg- ?

1. A stem meaning "day"

Inflection

The forms in Old English and Old Norse are exactly analogous to the reflexes of the z-stem noun *segaz (“victory, triumph”), and suggest that this word was, likewise, inflected as a z-stem.

Related terms

• *dōgaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dōgiʀ, *dōgaʀ
  • Old English: dōgor n, (Anglian) dœ̄g m
  • Old Dutch: *dōg
    • Middle Dutch: *doeg, *doech
      • >? Dutch: doeg, doei
• Old Norse: dǿgr n (“twelve-hour period; half-day”)
  • Icelandic: dægur
  • Faroese: -døgur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døger
  • Old Swedish: dø̄gher
  • Old Danish: dø̄ghær
  • ⇒ Old Norse: dǿgn n
    • Old Swedish: dø̄ghn
      • Swedish: dygn
    • Old Danish: dø̄ghær, dø̄gn
      • Danish: døgn
        • Norwegian Bokmål: døgn
          • →? Norwegian Nynorsk: døgn