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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dimmaz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *dimzaz
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH- (“to whisk, smoke, blow; dust, haze, cloud; obscure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdim.mɑz/
Adjective
*dimmaz
- dark
- gloomy
Inflection
Declension of *dimmaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dimmaz | *dimmai | *dimmō | *dimmôz | *dimmą, -atō | *dimmō |
| Accusative | *dimmanǭ | *dimmanz | *dimmǭ | *dimmōz | *dimmą, -atō | *dimmō |
| Genitive | *dimmas, -is | *dimmaizǫ̂ | *dimmaizōz | *dimmaizǫ̂ | *dimmas, -is | *dimmaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dimmammai | *dimmaimaz | *dimmaizōi | *dimmaimaz | *dimmammai | *dimmaimaz |
| Instrumental | *dimmanō | *dimmaimiz | *dimmaizō | *dimmaimiz | *dimmanō | *dimmaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *dimmô | *dimmaniz | *dimmǭ | *dimmōniz | *dimmô | *dimmōnō |
| Accusative | *dimmanų | *dimmanunz | *dimmōnų | *dimmōnunz | *dimmô | *dimmōnō |
| Genitive | *dimminiz | *dimmanǫ̂ | *dimmōniz | *dimmōnǫ̂ | *dimminiz | *dimmanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *dimmini | *dimmammaz | *dimmōni | *dimmōmaz | *dimmini | *dimmammaz |
| Instrumental | *dimminē | *dimmammiz | *dimmōnē | *dimmōmiz | *dimminē | *dimmammiz |
Related terms
- *dimmōną
- *dimmijaną
- *dimraz/*dimbraz
Descendants
- Old English: dimm, dim
- Middle English: dim
- Scots: dim
- English: dim
- Dutch: dim
- Middle English: dim
- Old Frisian: dimm, dim
- Old Saxon: *dimm, thimm, thim
- Old Norse: dimmr
- Icelandic: dimmur
- Faroese: dimmur
- Norwegian: dimm, dim
- Danish: dim
- Old Swedish: dimber