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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dampaz

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 1

From *dimbaną (to fog, smoke).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑm.pɑz/

Noun

*dampaz f [1]

  1. vapor

Declension

masculine a-stemDeclension of *dampaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dampaz *dampōz, *dampōs
vocative *damp *dampōz, *dampōs
accusative *dampą *dampanz
genitive *dampas, *dampis *dampǫ̂
dative *dampai *dampamaz
instrumental *dampō *dampamiz

Descendants

  • Old English: damp
  • Old Dutch: *damp
  • Old High German: damph, *tamph

Etymology 2

See above.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑm.pɑz/

Adjective

*dampaz [1]

  1. damp, humid

Inflection


Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dampa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 88
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