Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dulaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰul-o-s, a zero-grade nominal formation from *dʰwel(H)- (“to err, go awry, make obscure”). Synchronically analyzed as from an earlier *dwulaz, zero-grade form of *dwalaz. Related to Old Irish dall (“blind”), Welsh dall (“idem”), Latvian dulls (“crazy, furious”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*dulaz
Inflection
Declension of *dulaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dulaz | *dulai | *dulō | *dulôz | *dulą, -atō | *dulō |
| Accusative | *dulanǭ | *dulanz | *dulǭ | *dulōz | *dulą, -atō | *dulō |
| Genitive | *dulas, -is | *dulaizǫ̂ | *dulaizōz | *dulaizǫ̂ | *dulas, -is | *dulaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dulammai | *dulaimaz | *dulaizōi | *dulaimaz | *dulammai | *dulaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dulanō | *dulaimiz | *dulaizō | *dulaimiz | *dulanō | *dulaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dulô | *dulaniz | *dulǭ | *dulōniz | *dulô | *dulōnō |
| Accusative | *dulanų | *dulanunz | *dulōnų | *dulōnunz | *dulô | *dulōnō |
| Genitive | *duliniz | *dulanǫ̂ | *dulōniz | *dulōnǫ̂ | *duliniz | *dulanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dulini | *dulammaz | *dulōni | *dulōmaz | *dulini | *dulammaz |
| Instrumental | *dulinē | *dulammiz | *dulōnē | *dulōmiz | *dulinē | *dulammiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Probably because of the phonetic influence of the preceding -w- and the similarity in meaning, descendants from this term are not always distinguishable from those of *dwalaz. The following lists descendants that do not have -w-.
- Proto-West Germanic: *dol
- Old Norse: dulr
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dula-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 108