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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dugunþō

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 pre-Germanic *dʰugʰń̥t-eh₂, a substantivization of weak class 3 present participle *dug(j)andz.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdu.ɣun.θɔː/

Noun

*dugunþō f

  1. ability, usefulness, strength
  2. virtue, strength of character

Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *dugunþō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dugunþō *dugunþôz
vocative *dugunþō *dugunþôz
accusative *dugunþǭ *dugunþōz
genitive *dugunþōz *dugunþǫ̂
dative *dugunþōi *dugunþōmaz
instrumental *dugunþō *dugunþōmiz

Synonyms
  • *dugiþō

Descendants
  • Old English: duguþ
  • Old Frisian: dugethe, dugede
    • North Frisian: döged, dögd
    • Saterland Frisian: Duugd
    • West Frisian: deugd
  • Old Saxon: *dugund, *dugunt, *duguth
    • Middle Low German: dogent, doget
      • German Low German: Döögde, Döögte, Döögd, Döögt
  • Old Dutch: *dugath, *dugeth
    • Middle Dutch: doget, doghet, duget, dueget
  • Old High German: tungundi, tugund, tugind; *dugud (Central German)
    • Middle High German: tugende, tugent; duget, duged (Central German)
  • Old Norse: dygð

References
  1. Jay Jasanoff, Stative and Middle in Indo-European (= Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 23). Innsbruck, 1978, page 88
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