Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dugunþu

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

Alternative forms

*dugunþi^[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō.

Noun

*dugunþu f

ability, usefulness, strength
virtue, strength of character

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dugunþu
Genitive	*dugunþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dugunþu	*dugunþō
Accusative	*dugunþā	*dugunþā
Genitive	*dugunþā	*dugunþō
Dative	*dugunþē	dugunþōm, dugunþum
Instrumental	*dugunþu	dugunþōm, dugunþum

Descendants

Old English: duguþ
- Middle English: douthe, douth, douþe, duthe, doȝeðe, dugeð, duȝde, duȝeðe, duȝeþe, duheðe, duhþe, duweðe (Early Middle English)
  - English: douth
  - Scots: duthe, douth
Old Frisian: dugethe, dugede
- North Frisian: döged, dögd
- Saterland Frisian: Duugd
- West Frisian: deugd
Old Saxon: *dugund, *dugunt, *duguth
- Middle Low German: dogent, doget
  - German Low German: Döögde, Döögte, Döögd, Döögt
Old Dutch: *dugath, *dugeth
- Middle Dutch: doget, doghet, duget, dueget
  - Dutch: deugd
    - Afrikaans: deug
Old High German: tungundi, tugund, tugind; *dugud (Central German)
- Middle High German: tugende, tugent; duget, duged (Central German)
  - Alemannic German: Tuugend
  - German: Tugend
    - →? Central Franconian: Dugend, Dujend, Tugend, Tuend
    - →? Luxembourgish: Dugend
  - Rhine Franconian:
    - Palatine German: Tugend
  - Vilamovian: tūgyt
  - Yiddish: טוגענד (tugend)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đuʒunþiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đuʒunþiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78

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