Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dankō

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

• *dankwō

Etymology

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Noun

*dankō f

1. pit, hollow, depression

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *dankō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dankō	*dankôz
vocative	*dankō	*dankôz
accusative	*dankǭ	*dankōz
genitive	*dankōz	*dankǫ̂
dative	*dankōi	*dankōmaz
instrumental	*dankō	*dankōmiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: dǫkk
  • Icelandic: dökk
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dokk (“low lying ground, depression”)