Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauniz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *dʰowh₂-nis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, fume, mist, haze”).

Noun

*dauniz m

haze, smoke
fume; smell, odor

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *dauniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dauniz	*daunīz
vocative	*dauni	*daunīz
accusative	*daunį	*dauninz
genitive	*daunīz	*daunijǫ̂
dative	*daunī	*daunimaz
instrumental	*daunī	*daunimiz

Related terms

*daumaz
*dūną
*dūnaz
*dunstą
*dustą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dauni
- Old English: *dēan, *dīen
  - Middle English: *dene, *deen, *dein
    - English: (dialectal) dain
Old Norse: daunn
- Icelandic: daunn
Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 f (dauns)

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