Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawjaną

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

Compared with Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, and *dʰweh₂-, but Kroonen prefers to connect it with Hittite (tuḫḫušzi, “to end”), from *dʰuH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑu̯.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dawjaną

1. to die

Inflection

Derived terms

• *daudaz
• *dauþuz

Related terms

• *dewaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dauwjan
  • Old English: *dīeġan
    • Middle English: deyen, deȝen, dien, deien, digen, degen, deghen, deȝen
      • English: die, dye
        • → Vietnamese: đai
      • Geordie English: dee
      • Scots: de, dee, dey
      • Yola: dee
  • Old Frisian: deia, deja
  • Old Saxon: dōian
    • Middle Low German: doeien
      • Low German: döen
  • Old Dutch: *douwen, *dōien
    • Middle Dutch: douwen, dôyen
  • Old High German: touwen, tewen
    • Middle High German: touwen, töuwen
• Old Norse: deyja
  • Middle English: deyen
    • English: die
  • Icelandic: deyja
  • Faroese: doyggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: døy, døya
  • Dalecarlian:
    • Mora: däja
    • Elfdalian: däia, däa
  • Old Swedish: dø̄ia
    • Swedish: dö
  • Old Danish: dø̄
    • Scanian: dǿja
    • Danish: dø
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dø
  • Old Gutnish: doyia
    • Gutnish: dåie, dåi, doä

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