Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dīsiz

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 *dʰéh₁s (“god”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiːsiz/

Noun

*dīsiz f

goddess
demi-goddess
noble or virtuous woman, virgin

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *dīsiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dīsiz	*dīsīz
vocative	*dīsi	*dīsīz
accusative	*dīsį	*dīsinz
genitive	*dīsīz	*dīsijǫ̂
dative	*dīsī	*dīsimaz
instrumental	*dīsī	*dīsimiz

Synonyms

*gudinjō

Descendants

The West Germanic descendants show possible interference from another word possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”) related to Russian девица (devíca, “maiden, girl”).

Old English: ides
Old Saxon: idis
Old High German: itis, idis
Old Norse: dís
- Icelandic: dís
  - English: dis
- Faroese: dís
- Old Swedish: dīsa- in dīsaþing (see disting)

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