Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dung

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

From Proto-Germanic *dungz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéngʰ-s ~ *dʰn̥gʰ-és, from *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, hide, conceal”) +‎ *-s.

Noun

*dung f

1. cellar

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dung
Genitive	*dungi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dung	*dungi
Accusative	*dungu	*dungi
Genitive	*dungi	*dungō
Dative	*dungi	*dungum
Instrumental	*dungi	*dungum

Derived terms

• *dungil
  • Old English: *dyngel
    • Middle English: dingle
      • English: dingle (“depression, dell”)
  • Old Frisian: *dengel, *dongel
    • Saterland Frisian: Dongel (“hollow tooth, cavity”)

Descendants

• Old English: dung, ding
  • Middle English: donge, dung, dunge
  • → Anglo-Norman: donjun (semantic loan)
• Old Saxon: dung
  • Middle Low German: dunk, dunc
• Old High German: tung, tunc
  • Middle High German: tunc
    • German: Tunk