Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dauþu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dauþuz. Equivalent to *dauwjan (“to die”) +‎ *-þu.

Noun

*dauþu m

death

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dauþu
Genitive	*dauþō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dauþu	dauþiwi, dauþō
Accusative	*dauþu	*dauþū
Genitive	*dauþō	*dauþiwō
Dative	dauþiwi, dauþō	*dauþum
Instrumental	*dauþu	*dauþum

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: dēaþ, dǣð
- Middle English: deeth, deð, dæð, dæþ; deth, deþ, deeþ, deþe, dethe
  - English: death
  - English: deeth
  - Scots: deith, daith
Old Frisian: dāth
- Saterland Frisian: Dood
- West Frisian: dead
Old Saxon: dōth
- Middle Low German: dōt, dōd
  - German Low German: Dood
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Däut
    
    Suerländer-Märkisch: Dôd
    
    Westmünsterländisch: Dood
  - Plautdietsch: Doot
Old Dutch: dōth, dōt
- Middle Dutch: dôot
  - Dutch: dood
    - Afrikaans: dood
Old High German: tōd, dot, doth
- Middle High German: tōt
  - Alemannic German:
    Swabian: Daod, Dod
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Dod
  - German: Tod
  - Luxembourgish: Doud
  - Yiddish: טויט (toyt)

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