Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dūbǭ

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 *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk; smoke; make obscure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈduː.βɔ̃ː/

Noun

*dūbǭ f

dove; pigeon

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *dūbǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dūbǭ	*dūbōniz
vocative	*dūbǭ	*dūbōniz
accusative	*dūbōnų	*dūbōnunz
genitive	*dūbōniz	*dūbōnǫ̂
dative	*dūbōni	*dūbōmaz
instrumental	*dūbōnē	*dūbōmiz

Descendants

Old English: *dūfe (attested in the personal name Dūfe)
- Middle English: douve, duve
  - Scots: doo, dow
  - English: dove
Old Frisian: *dūve, *dūe
- Saterland Frisian: Duuwe
- West Frisian: do
Old Saxon: dūva
- Middle Low German: dūve
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Duuv
    - Plautdietsch: Düw
Old Dutch: dūva
- Middle Dutch: duve
  - Dutch: duif
  - Limburgish: doef
Old High German: tūba
- Middle High German: tūbe
  - Alemannic German: Tuub
  - German: Taube
  - Luxembourgish: Dauf
  - Vilamovian: tue, taoj
  - Yiddish: טויב‎ (toyb)
Old Norse: dúfa
- Icelandic: dúfa
- Faroese: dúgva, dúva
- Norwegian: due
- Old Swedish: dūva
  - Swedish: duva
- Old Danish: dufæ
  - Danish: due
- Scanian: dâwwa
Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌱𐍉 (dubō)

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