Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dampaz

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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From *dimbaną (to fog, smoke).[1]

Noun

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*dampaz f[1]

  1. vapor
Declension
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masculine a-stemDeclension of *dampaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dampaz *dampōz, *dampōs
vocative *damp *dampōz, *dampōs
accusative *dampą *dampanz
genitive *dampas, *dampis *dampǫ̂
dative *dampai *dampamaz
instrumental *dampō *dampamiz
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Descendants
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  • Old English: damp
  • Old Dutch: *damp
  • Middle Low German: damp
    • Danish: damp
    • Norwegian Bokmål: damp
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: damp
  • Old High German: thamph, damph, tamph (probably with irregular underlying th-; cf. Old Saxon thempian)
  • Old Swedish: damm

Etymology 2

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See above.

Adjective

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*dampaz[1]

  1. damp, humid
Inflection
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Descendants
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dampa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88