Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þahsuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *tótḱ-us, from *tetḱ- (“to weave, braid, add, establish, construct”). Cognate with Latin texō (“weave, braid, build, compose”), Ancient Greek τίκτω (tíktō), τέχνη (tékhnē), τέκτων (téktōn). Also compare Proto-Celtic *taskos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθɑx.suz/

Noun

*þahsuz m

badger

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *þahsuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þahsuz	*þahsiwiz
vocative	*þahsu	*þahsiwiz
accusative	*þahsų	*þahsunz
genitive	*þahsauz	*þahsiwǫ̂
dative	*þahsiwi	*þahsumaz
instrumental	*þahsū	*þahsumiz

Derived terms

*agiþahsijǭ

Descendants

Old Frisian: *thaks
- Saterland Frisian: Taks
Old Saxon: thahs
- Middle Low German: das, dasse
Frankish: *þahs
- Old Dutch: *thas
  - Middle Dutch: das
    - Dutch: das
- → Late Latin: taxus, taxō (possibly via Gothic instead)
  - Old French: taisson, tesson
    - Middle French: taisniere, tesniere
      - French: tanière
  - Italian: tasso
  - Spanish: tejón, tasugo (<*taxūcus)
  - Translingual: Taxidea
Old High German: dahs
- Middle High German: dahs
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Dachs
  - Cimbrian: daks
  - German: Dachs
    - Russian: такса (taksa) (via Dachshund)
  - Luxembourgish: Dues
  - Yiddish: דאַקס‎ (daks)
Old Norse: þax, þǫx
- Danish: svintoks
- Norwegian: svintoks
- Swedish: tax
Gothic: *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*þahsus), *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐌺𐍃 (*þahsuks)
- → Galician: teixo, teixugo
- → Portuguese: texugo

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