Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dammaz

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

Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰm̥bʰ- (“to dig”), if the original meaning was "dyke created by excavating earth," see also Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”), ταφή (taphḗ), θάπτω (tháptō, “bury”).

Noun

*dammaz m

1. dam

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *dammaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dammaz	*dammōz, *dammōs
vocative	*damm	*dammōz, *dammōs
accusative	*dammą	*dammanz
genitive	*dammas, *dammis	*dammǫ̂
dative	*dammai	*dammamaz
instrumental	*dammō	*dammamiz

Derived terms

• *dammijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *damm
  • Old English: *damm, *dam (in derivatives)
    • Middle English: damme, dam
      • Scots: dam
      • English: dam
  • Old Frisian: dam, dom
    • Saterland Frisian: Dom
    • West Frisian: dam
  • Old Saxon: *damm, *dam
    • Middle Low German: dam, damm
      • Low German: Damm
      • Plautdietsch: Daum
  • Old Dutch: *damm, dam (in placenames)
    • Middle Dutch: dam
      • Dutch: dam
  • Old High German: *tamm
    • Middle High German: tam, tamm
      • German: Damm, Tham
      • Hunsrik: Damm
      • Luxembourgish: Damm
• Old Norse: dammr
  • Icelandic: dammur
  • Faroese: dammur
  • Old Danish: dam
    • Danish: dam
  • Old Swedish: damber
    • Swedish: damm
  • Gutnish: dam