Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dungijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (“earth mound, dunghill”). Equivalent to *dungu (“dung, dirt”) +‎ *-jā.

Noun

*dungijā f

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dungijā
Genitive	*dungijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dungijā	*dungijōn
Accusative	*dungijōn	*dungijōn
Genitive	*dungijōn	*dungijōnō
Dative	*dungijōn	dungijōm, dungijum
Instrumental	*dungijōn	dungijōm, dungijum

Descendants

Old English: dynċġe, dinċġe, denġe
- → Latin: dingia (Anglo-Latin)
Old Dutch: *dunga
- Middle Dutch: *donge, *donke
  - Dutch: donk (archaic)
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: santdonc
- ⇒ Old Dutch: Dungus
- ⇒ Old Dutch: Medmedug