Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dawwą

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

*dawwaz m, *dawwō f

Etymology

Uncertain;[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰowh₂-o-m, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”).[2][3] Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás (“mist; smoke”), Lithuanian dúlis (“mist”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑw.wɑ̃/

Noun

*dawwą n[1][2]

moisture
dew

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dawwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dawwą	*dawwō
vocative	*dawwą	*dawwō
accusative	*dawwą	*dawwō
genitive	dawwas, dawwis	*dawwǫ̂
dative	*dawwai	*dawwamaz
instrumental	*dawwō	*dawwamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dauw n
- Old English: dēaw n
  - Middle English: dew, deau, deaw, deew, deu, dewe, dewȝ, dieuȝ; dæw
    - English: dew
    - Scots: dew, deow, dyow
    - Yola: dhew
- Old Frisian: dāw n
  - North Frisian: dauw
  - Saterland Frisian: Dau
  - West Frisian: dau
- Old Saxon: *dau
  - Middle Low German: dow, douwe, dawe, dau
    - Low German: Dau
    - Plautdietsch: Deiw
- Old Dutch: *dau, *dou
  - Middle Dutch: dau
    - Dutch: dauw
      - Afrikaans: dou
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: dau
      - Negerhollands: douw, dou
      - → Papiamentu: dauw (dated)
      - Sranan Tongo: dow
- Old High German: tou m
  - Middle High German: tou, tau
    - German: Tau
    - Hunsrik: Daa
    - Luxembourgish: Da
    - Yiddish: טוי‎ (toy)
Old Norse: dǫgg f
- Danish: dug
- Faroese: døgg
- Icelandic: dögg
- Norwegian Bokmål: dugg, dogg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dogg
- Swedish: dagg

References

Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Tau¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 723: “g. *dauwa- n.”
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*đawwō ~ *đawwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dawwa/ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

[EWddS-1] Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Tau¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 723: “g. *dauwa- n.”

[HGE-2] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*đawwō ~ *đawwan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*dawwa/ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 91