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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwāną

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 *dawwą (dew) + *-āną.

Verb

*dawwāną[1]

  1. to bedew
  2. to melt

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *dauwēn
    • Old English: *dēawian
    • Old Frisian: dauwa
      • Saterland Frisian: daue
    • Old Dutch: *douwon
      • Middle Dutch: douwen, dauwen
        • Dutch: dauwen
    • Old High German: touwēn
  • Old Norse: dǫggva
    • Icelandic: döggva
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dogga
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dogge
    • Swedish: dugga
    • Danish: dugge
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dugge

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*dawwēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
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