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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dampaz
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑm.pɑz/
Etymology 1
From *dimbaną (“to fog, smoke”).[1]
Noun
*dampaz f[1]
- vapor
Declension
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *dampaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *dampaz | *dampōz, *dampōs | |
| vocative | *damp | *dampōz, *dampōs | |
| accusative | *dampą | *dampanz | |
| genitive | *dampas, *dampis | *dampǫ̂ | |
| dative | *dampai | *dampamaz | |
| instrumental | *dampō | *dampamiz | |
Related terms
- *dimbaną
Descendants
- Old English: damp
- Middle English: damp
- English: damp
- Middle English: damp
- Old Dutch: *damp
- Middle Dutch: damp
- Dutch: damp
- Middle Dutch: damp
- Old High German: thamph, damph, tamph (probably with irregular underlying th-; cf. Old Saxon thempian)
- Middle High German: dampf, tampf
- German: Dampf
- Middle High German: dampf, tampf
Etymology 2
See above.
Adjective
*dampaz[1]
- damp, humid
Inflection
Declension of *dampaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dampaz | *dampai | *dampō | *dampôz | *dampą, -atō | *dampō |
| Accusative | *dampanǭ | *dampanz | *dampǭ | *dampōz | *dampą, -atō | *dampō |
| Genitive | *dampas, -is | *dampaizǫ̂ | *dampaizōz | *dampaizǫ̂ | *dampas, -is | *dampaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dampammai | *dampaimaz | *dampaizōi | *dampaimaz | *dampammai | *dampaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dampanō | *dampaimiz | *dampaizō | *dampaimiz | *dampanō | *dampaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dampô | *dampaniz | *dampǭ | *dampōniz | *dampô | *dampōnō |
| Accusative | *dampanų | *dampanunz | *dampōnų | *dampōnunz | *dampô | *dampōnō |
| Genitive | *dampiniz | *dampanǫ̂ | *dampōniz | *dampōnǫ̂ | *dampiniz | *dampanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dampini | *dampammaz | *dampōni | *dampōmaz | *dampini | *dampammaz |
| Instrumental | *dampinē | *dampammiz | *dampōnē | *dampōmiz | *dampinē | *dampammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: damp
- Middle English: damp
- English: damp
- Middle English: damp
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dampa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88