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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Usually connected to *tungǭ (“tongue”), though the putative semantic links (either the crescent moon resembling a tongue, or the twinkling of the stars bringing to mind the lolling and darting of someone's tongue) are rather speculative and tenuous, and appear to lack semantic parallels in other languages. An alternative theory deriving the word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰn̥ǵʰ- (“covering, overcast”) (whence Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ) is semantically more attractive but formally impossible.
Pronunciation
Noun
*tunglą n
- luminary, orb
- heavenly body, star
Inflection
Declension of *tunglą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*tunglą
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*tunglō
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vocative
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*tunglą
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*tunglō
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accusative
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*tunglą
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*tunglō
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genitive
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*tunglas, *tunglis
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*tunglǫ̂
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dative
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*tunglai
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*tunglamaz
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instrumental
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*tunglō
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*tunglamiz
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Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tungla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526