Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Dōnauwjā

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 *Dōnawjaz.

Proper noun

*Dōnauwjā f

the river Danube

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Dōnauwjā
Genitive	*Dōnauwjōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Dōnauwjā	*Dōnauwjōn
Accusative	*Dōnauwjōn	*Dōnauwjōn
Genitive	*Dōnauwjōn	*Dōnauwjōnō
Dative	*Dōnauwjōn	Dōnauwjōm, Dōnauwjum
Instrumental	*Dōnauwjōn	Dōnauwjōm, Dōnauwjum

Alternative reconstructions

*Dōnauwju

Descendants

Old English: Dōnua (hapax att. c. 890, possibly actually from Old Cornish or Old Saxon)
Old Saxon: *Dōnūa
- Middle Low German: Dônouw, Dônouwe, Dunouw, Dunouwe
- → Old Norse: Dónua
Old Dutch: *Donouwa
- Middle Dutch: Danouwe, Dunouwe, Denouwe
Old High German: Tuonouwa, Duonowa, Tuonouwe
- Middle High German: Tuonouwe, Tuonowe, Tuonawe, Tunaw
  - German: Donau, Dunau, Tonau, Dhonau, Thonau, Donaw, Dunaw, Dhonaw, Tonaw, Tunaw, Thonaw, Thunaw (obsolete)
    - → Chinese: 多瑙 (Duōnǎo)
    - → Danish: Donau
    - → Dutch: Donau
    - → Icelandic: Dóná
    - → Japanese: ドナウ (Donau)
    - → Low German: Donau
    - → Norwegian Bokmål: Donau
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: Donau
    - → Swedish: Donau