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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dwēsaz

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

Compare *dusāną (to slumber); also Latvian dusēt (to sleep, rest).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdwɛː.sɑz/

Adjective

*dwēsaz

  1. foolish, stupid
    Synonym: *stuntaz

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dwās
    • Old English: dwǣs
    • Old Frisian: dwēs
    • Old Saxon: *dwās
      • Middle Low German: dwâs
        • Low German: dwas
    • Old Dutch: *dwās
      • Middle Dutch: dwâes
        • Dutch: dwaas
        • Limburgish: dwaos
    • Old High German: *dwās, *twās
      • Middle High German: twās, dwās

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dwesa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
  2. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dwaas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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