Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dankwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰóngʷ-o-s, from *dʰengʷ- (“dark, hazy”), and related to Hittite 𒁕𒀭𒆪𒄿 (da-an-ku-i, “dark, black, murky”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*dankwaz
Inflection
Declension of *dankwaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dankwaz | *dankwai | *dankwō | *dankwôz | *dankwą, -atō | *dankwō |
| Accusative | *dankwanǭ | *dankwanz | *dankwǭ | *dankwōz | *dankwą, -atō | *dankwō |
| Genitive | *dankwas, -is | *dankwaizǫ̂ | *dankwaizōz | *dankwaizǫ̂ | *dankwas, -is | *dankwaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dankwammai | *dankwaimaz | *dankwaizōi | *dankwaimaz | *dankwammai | *dankwaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dankwanō | *dankwaimiz | *dankwaizō | *dankwaimiz | *dankwanō | *dankwaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dankwô | *dankwaniz | *dankwǭ | *dankwōniz | *dankwô | *dankwōnō |
| Accusative | *dankwanų | *dankwanunz | *dankwōnų | *dankwōnunz | *dankwô | *dankwōnō |
| Genitive | *dankwiniz | *dankwanǫ̂ | *dankwōniz | *dankwōnǫ̂ | *dankwiniz | *dankwanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dankwini | *dankwammaz | *dankwōni | *dankwōmaz | *dankwini | *dankwammaz |
| Instrumental | *dankwinē | *dankwammiz | *dankwōnē | *dankwōmiz | *dankwinē | *dankwammiz |
Derived terms
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Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dinkwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96: “*dankwa-”