Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dulgą

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

Etymology

Maybe related to *dulgaz (“debt”)^[1] or perhaps to Ancient Greek θέλγω (thélgō, “to enchant, cheat”).^[2]

Noun

*dulgą n

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dulgą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dulgą	*dulgō
vocative	*dulgą	*dulgō
accusative	*dulgą	*dulgō
genitive	dulgas, dulgis	*dulgǫ̂
dative	*dulgai	*dulgamaz
instrumental	*dulgō	*dulgamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dolg
- Old English: dolg, dolh; dolgbōt
  - Middle English: dolh, dolȝ, dolc, dolk; *dolgbote
    - English: dogbolt
- Old Frisian: dulg, dolg, dolch, dolech, dulich
  - West Frisian: dolge
- Old Saxon: *dolg
  - Middle Low German: dolch n, dolge, dolgen, dolk f
- Old Dutch: *dolc
  - Middle Dutch: dolc, dolch
- Old High German: tolc, tolg, tolk
Old Norse: dolg; dolgr
- Icelandic: dólg; dolgur
- (Norwegian: dalga)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dulga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đulʒan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dulga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đulʒan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

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