Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dungz

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 *dʰéngʰ-s ~ *dʰn̥gʰ-és, from *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, hide, conceal”) +‎ *-s.[1]

Noun

*dungz m

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

Derived terms

*dungijǭ

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dung
- Old English: dung, ding
  - Middle English: donge, dung, dunge
  - Middle English: dongeoun (partly)
    - English: dungeon, donjon
    - Scots: dungeon
- Old Saxon: dung
  - Middle Low German: dunk, dunc
- Old High German: tung, tunc
  - 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, →ISBN, page 109

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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, →ISBN, page 109