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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dampaz

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑm.pɑz/

Etymology 1

From *dimbaną (“to fog, smoke”).[1]

Noun

*dampaz f[1]

  1. vapor
Declension
masculine a-stemDeclension of *dampaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dampaz *dampōz, *dampōs
vocative *damp *dampōz, *dampōs
accusative *dampą *dampanz
genitive *dampas, *dampis *dampǫ̂
dative *dampai *dampamaz
instrumental *dampō *dampamiz
Descendants
  • Old English: damp
  • Old Dutch: *damp
  • Middle Low German: damp
    • → Danish: damp
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: damp
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: damp
  • Old High German: thamph, damph, tamph (probably with irregular underlying th-; cf. Old Saxon thempian)
  • Old Swedish: damm

Etymology 2

See above.

Adjective

*dampaz[1]

  1. damp, humid
Inflection
Declension of *dampaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *dampaz *dampai *dampō *dampôz *dampą, -atō *dampō
Accusative *dampanǭ *dampanz *dampǭ *dampōz *dampą, -atō *dampō
Genitive *dampas, -is *dampaizǫ̂ *dampaizōz *dampaizǫ̂ *dampas, -is *dampaizǫ̂
Dative *dampammai *dampaimaz *dampaizōi *dampaimaz *dampammai *dampaimaz
Instrumental *dampanō *dampaimiz *dampaizō *dampaimiz *dampanō *dampaimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *dampô *dampaniz *dampǭ *dampōniz *dampô *dampōnō
Accusative *dampanų *dampanunz *dampōnų *dampōnunz *dampô *dampōnō
Genitive *dampiniz *dampanǫ̂ *dampōniz *dampōnǫ̂ *dampiniz *dampanǫ̂
Dative *dampini *dampammaz *dampōni *dampōmaz *dampini *dampammaz
Instrumental *dampinē *dampammiz *dampōnē *dampōmiz *dampinē *dampammiz


Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dampa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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