Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dēhǭ

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 *dʰēk- (“a daw, starling, thrush”). Cognate with Old Prussian doacke (“starling”), Latin faccilāre (“the sound or timbre of the thrush”).

Noun

*dēhǭ f

jackdaw

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *dēhǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dēhǭ	*dēhōniz
vocative	*dēhǭ	*dēhōniz
accusative	*dēhōnų	*dēhōnunz
genitive	*dēhōniz	*dēhōnǫ̂
dative	*dēhōni	*dēhōmaz
instrumental	*dēhōnē	*dēhōmiz

Descendants

Old English: dāwe
- Middle English: dawe
  - Scots: da, daa, daw
  - English: daw, jackdaw
Old High German: tāha
- Middle High German: tāhe; tāhele, tāle
  - German: Tach, Dache (dialectal); Dahle, Dohle

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