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

1. hill
2. dunghill

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
• →? Vulgar Latin: *dominiōnem m (“donjon”) (see there for further descendants)