Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauþuz

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 *dʰówtus, equivalent to *dawjaną +‎ *-þuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑu̯.θuz/

Noun

*dauþuz m

death

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *dauþuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dauþuz	*dauþiwiz
vocative	*dauþu	*dauþiwiz
accusative	*dauþų	*dauþunz
genitive	*dauþauz	*dauþiwǫ̂
dative	*dauþiwi	*dauþumaz
instrumental	*dauþū	*dauþumiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: dēaþ
- Middle English: deeth
  - English: death
  - Scots: deth, daith
Old Frisian: dāth
- Saterland Frisian: Dood
- West Frisian: dead
Old Saxon: dōth
- Middle Low German: dōt, dōd
  - German Low German: Dood
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Däut
    
    Suerländer-Märkisch: Dôd
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Dood
  - Plautdietsch: Doot
Old Dutch: dōth, dōt
- Middle Dutch: dôot
  - Dutch: dood
    - Afrikaans: dood
Old High German: tōd
- Middle High German: tōd
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Daod, Dod
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Dod
  - German: Tod
  - Luxembourgish: Doud
  - Yiddish: טויט‎ (toyt)
Norse: [script needed] (*dauþuz), [script needed] (*dauþi)
- Old Norse: dauðr
  - Icelandic: dauður
  - Faroese: deyður
  - Norwegian:
    - Norwegian Bokmål: død
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: daud
  - Old Swedish: dø̄þer
    - Swedish: död
  - Old Danish: dø̄th
    - Danish: død
  - Westrobothnian: dæud
- → Finnic: *tauti
  - Finnish: tauti
- → Samic: *tāvtë (see there for further descendants)
Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus)

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