Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dungz

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 *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Noun

*dungz m or f [1]

cellar

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *dungz (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dungz	*dungiz
vocative	*dung	*dungiz
accusative	*dungų	*dungunz
genitive	*dungiz	*dungǫ̂
dative	*dungi	*dungumaz
instrumental	*dungē	*dungumiz

Descendants

Old English: dung, ding; *dyngel
- Middle English: dung, dunge; dungun, dungoun, dungeon (through merger with Old French donjon); dingle
  - Scots: dungeoun, dungeon
  - English: dungeon; dingle
Old Dutch: *dung, dunk (in placenames)
- Middle Dutch: donc
  - Dutch: donk
Old High German: tunc, tung
- Middle High German: tunc
  - German: Tunk

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “dunga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “dunga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill