Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dagawerką

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

From *dagaz +‎ *werką.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.ɣɑ.ˌwer.kɑ̃/

Noun edit

*dagawerką n

a day's work

Inflection edit

Declension of *dagawerką (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dagawerką	*dagawerkō
Vocative	*dagawerką	*dagawerkō
Accusative	*dagawerką	*dagawerkō
Genitive	*dagawerkas, -is	*dagawerkǫ̂
Dative	*dagawerkai	*dagawerkamaz
Instrumental	*dagawerkō	*dagawerkamiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *dagawerk
- Old English: dæġweorc
  - Middle English: daywerk, daywork
    - English: daywork
- Old Saxon: dagwerk
  - Middle Low German: dāgewerk, dachwerk
    - German Low German: Dagwark
- Old Dutch: *dagawerk
  - Middle Dutch: dach werck
    - Dutch: dagwerk
- Old High German: tagawerk
  - Middle High German: tagewerc, tagewerch
    - German: Tagewerk, Tagwerk
Old Norse: dagverk
- Icelandic: dagverk
- ⇒ Icelandic: dagsverk
- ⇒ Swedish: dagsverke