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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dauzô

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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

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Etymology

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Related to *dwēsaz (foolish, stupid).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*dauzô m[1]

  1. (West Germanic) fool

Declension

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masculine an-stemDeclension of *dauzô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dauzô *dauzaniz
vocative *dauzô *dauzaniz
accusative *dauzanų *dauzanunz
genitive *dauziniz *dauzanǫ̂
dative *dauzini *dauzammaz
instrumental *dauzinē *dauzammiz

Descendants

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  • Old Saxon: *dōro
    • Middle Low German: dōre
      • Danish: dåre
      • Icelandic: dári (possibly)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dåre
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: dåre
      • Swedish: dåre
  • Old Dutch: *dôro
  • Old High German: *tōro

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dauzan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91