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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dunstą

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

Alternative forms
  • *dunstiz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdun.stɑ̃/

Noun

*dunstą n

  1. mist, haze
  2. evaporation
  3. dust

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *dunstą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dunstą *dunstō
vocative *dunstą *dunstō
accusative *dunstą *dunstō
genitive *dunstas, *dunstis *dunstǫ̂
dative *dunstai *dunstamaz
instrumental *dunstō *dunstamiz

Descendants
  • Old English: dūst
  • Old Frisian: dūst
    • Saterland Frisian: Duist
  • Old Saxon: *dunst, *dūst
    • Middle Low German: donst, dûst
      • Low German:
        • German Low German: Duust
        • Westphalian:
          Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Dunst
          Suerländer-Märkisch: Dûst
          Westmünsterländisch: Donst, Doonst, Doost, Dunst
      • Plautdietsch: Donst
  • Old Dutch: *dunst, *dūst
    • Middle Dutch: dunst, donst, doest, (possibly borrowed) duust
  • Old High German: tunist, dunist, dunst
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