Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dunstą

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *dunstiz

Etymology

Per Kroonen, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuns-to-, from a nasal-infix zero-grade of *dʰwes- (“dust, spirit”), and cognate with Tocharian B tänts- (“to scatter”), Sanskrit ध्वंसति (dhváṁsati, “he falls to dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdun.stɑ̃/

Noun

*dunstą n

1. mist, haze
2. evaporation
3. dust

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dunstą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dunstą	*dunstō
vocative	*dunstą	*dunstō
accusative	*dunstą	*dunstō
genitive	*dunstas, *dunstis	*dunstǫ̂
dative	*dunstai	*dunstamaz
instrumental	*dunstō	*dunstamiz

Related terms

• *dauniz
• *dūnaz
• *dustą

Descendants

• Old English: dūst
  • Middle English: dust, doust
    • English: dust
    • Scots: dust, dist
• Old Frisian: dūst
  • Saterland Frisian: Duist
• Old Saxon: *dunst, *dūst
  • Middle Low German: donst, dûst
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Dunst, Duust
      • Westphalian:

        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Dunst

        Suerländer-Märkisch: Dûst

        Westmünsterländisch: Donst, Doonst, Doost, Dunst

    • Plautdietsch: Donst
• Old Dutch: *dunst, *dūst
  • Middle Dutch: dunst, donst, doest, (possibly borrowed) duust
    • Dutch: dons, duist
• Old High German: tunist, dunist, dunst
  • Middle High German: tunst, dunst
    • German: Dunst
    • Hunsrik: Dunst
    • Luxembourgish: Donst
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurterisch: IPA [d̥und̥st]