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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dannā

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

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, from earlier *danwǭ,[1][2] cognate with Hittite 𒄑𒋫𒈾𒀀𒌑 (GIŠta-na-a-ú /⁠tanau⁠/, “a type of tree”),[3] and perhaps Sanskrit धनु (dhanu, “bow”), धन्वन् (dhanvan, “bow”) and Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”).[4] Alternatively related to *dani (“woodland pasture”),[5] or borrowed from a substrate language.[6]

Noun

*dannā f

  1. pine, fir
    Synonyms: *dannjā, *furhu, *pīnabaum, *pīnā

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *dannā
Genitive *dannōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *dannā *dannōn
Accusative *dannōn *dannōn
Genitive *dannōn *dannōnō
Dative *dannōn *dannōm, *dannum
Instrumental *dannōn *dannōm, *dannum

Derived terms
  • *dannjā
    • Old Saxon: dennia

Descendants

References
  1. Franck, Johannes (1936) “den”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dhanu- oder dhonu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 234
  3. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “GIŠtanau-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 827
  4. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tanno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 369
  5. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Tanne”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 721
  6. de Vries, Jan (1971) “den 1”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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