Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/deuzą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm. The Indo-European root also led to Lithuanian dvēsti, Latvian dvēsele, Proto-Slavic *duša (Russian душа (duša)), and possibly Latin bēstia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdeu̯.zɑ̃/

Noun

*deuzą n

(wild) animal, beast

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *deuzą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*deuzą	*deuzō
vocative	*deuzą	*deuzō
accusative	*deuzą	*deuzō
genitive	deuzas, diuzis	*deuzǫ̂
dative	*diuzai	*deuzamaz
instrumental	*deuzō	*deuzamiz

Related terms

*deuzaz

Descendants

Old English: dīor, dēor
- Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere
  - Scots: dere, deir
  - English: deer
Old Frisian: diār, diēr
- North Frisian: dier
  - North Frisian: Diirt (Sylt)
- Saterland Frisian: Diert (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- West Frisian: djier (obsolete), dier
Old Saxon: dior
- Middle Low German: dēr, dēre, dērt, deirt, dêrd
  - Dutch Low Saxon: diert
  - German Low German: Deer, Deert, Dird, Dairt, Duert, Diert, Dirt, Dier
Old Dutch: dier
- Middle Dutch: dier
  - Dutch: dier
Old High German: tior
- Middle High German: tier
  - Alemannic German:
    Alsatian: Tier
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Dier
    Kölsch: Deer, Dier
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon: Dier
  - German: Tier
    - → Plautdietsch: Tier, Tiea
  - Luxembourgish: Déier
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Hessian: Déier
Old Norse: dýr, djór
- Icelandic: dýr
- Faroese: dýr, djór
- Norwegian: dyr
- Old Swedish: diūr
  - Swedish: djur
- Danish: dyr
- Old Gutnish: diaur
  - Gutnish: djaur
Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius)