Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dungijǭ

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 *dungaz (“dung, manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈduŋ.ɡi.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*dungijǭ f

A dung-hill, dung-heap
A dung covered room or chamber
A subterranean chamber, underground cellar
A vault, treasury
An apartment, bower

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *dungijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dungijǭ	*dungijōniz
vocative	*dungijǭ	*dungijōniz
accusative	*dungijōnų	*dungijōnunz
genitive	*dungijōniz	*dungijōnǫ̂
dative	*dungijōni	*dungijōmaz
instrumental	*dungijōnē	*dungijōmiz

Related terms

*dungaz
*dungō

Descendants

Old English: dyncge, dinċġe, denge
Frankish: *dungijō (< *dungijô)
- → Medieval Latin: dungiō, dongiō, donjō, dungeō, dunjō (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: dyngja
- Icelandic: dyngja
- Faroese: dyngja
- Norn: dongja
- Norwegian: dynge
- Old Swedish: dyngia
  - Swedish: dynga
- Danish: dynge
- Gutnish: dyngge, dynggå
- Westrobothnian: dyngj, döyndj
→ Finnic: [Term?]
- Finnish: tunkio
- Karelian: tunkivo