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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dūbaną

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 *dʰewbʰ- (deep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*dūbaną[1][2]

  1. to dive, to sink

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dūban
    • Old English: dūfan
    • Old Dutch: *bidūvan
      • Middle Dutch: beduven
  • Old Norse: dúfa
    • Norwegian Bokmål: duve

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dūban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 105-106
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*dūbanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
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