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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þahsuz

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tótḱ-us, from *tetḱ- (to weave, braid, add, establish, construct). Cognate with Latin texō (weave, braid, build, compose), Ancient Greek τίκτω (tíktō), τέχνη (tékhnē), τέκτων (téktōn). Also compare Proto-Celtic *taskos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθɑx.suz/

Noun

*þahsuz m

  1. badger

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *þahsuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þahsuz *þahsiwiz
vocative *þahsu *þahsiwiz
accusative *þahsų *þahsunz
genitive *þahsauz *þahsiwǫ̂
dative *þahsiwi *þahsumaz
instrumental *þahsū *þahsumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þahs
    • Old Frisian: *thaks
      • Saterland Frisian: Taks
    • Old Saxon: thahs
      • Middle Low German: das, dasse
        • German Low German: Dass
    • Old Dutch: *thas
      • Middle Dutch: das
        • Dutch: das
        • Limburgish: dasj
        • West Flemish: das
    • Old High German: dahs
    • Late Latin: taxus, taxō (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: þax, þǫx
  • Gothic: *𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 (*þahsus)
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