Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwą

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 reconstructions

• *dawwaz m, *dawwō f

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás (“mist; smoke”), Lithuanian dúlis (“mist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑw.wɑ̃/

Noun

*dawwą n

1. moisture
2. dew

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dawwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dawwą	*dawwō
vocative	*dawwą	*dawwō
accusative	*dawwą	*dawwō
genitive	*dawwas, *dawwis	*dawwǫ̂
dative	*dawwai	*dawwamaz
instrumental	*dawwō	*dawwamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dauw n
  • Old English: dēaw m or n
    • Middle English: dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ; dæw
      • English: dew
      • Scots: dew, deow, dyow
      • Yola: dhew
  • Old Frisian: dāw n
    • North Frisian: dauw
    • Saterland Frisian: Dau
    • West Frisian: dau
  • Old Saxon: *dau
    • Middle Low German: dow, douwe, dawe, dau
      • Low German: Dau
      • Plautdietsch: Deiw
  • Old Dutch: *dau, *dou
    • Middle Dutch: dau
      • Dutch: dauw
        • Afrikaans: dou
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: dau
        • Negerhollands: douw, dou
        • → Papiamentu: dauw (dated)
        • Sranan Tongo: dow
  • Old High German: tou n or m
    • Middle High German: tou, tau
      • German: Tau
      • Hunsrik: Daa
      • Luxembourgish: Da
      • Yiddish: טוי (toy)
• Old Norse: dǫgg f
  • Danish: dug
  • Faroese: døgg
  • Icelandic: dögg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dugg, dogg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dogg
  • Swedish: dagg