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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dūnaz
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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduː.nɑz/
Etymology 1
See *dūnǭ.
Noun
*dūnaz m
- Alternative form of *dūnǭ
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”).
Noun
*dūnaz m
- down (feathers of young birds)
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *dūnaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *dūnaz | *dūnōz, *dūnōs | |
| vocative | *dūn | *dūnōz, *dūnōs | |
| accusative | *dūną | *dūnanz | |
| genitive | *dūnas, *dūnis | *dūnǫ̂ | |
| dative | *dūnai | *dūnamaz | |
| instrumental | *dūnō | *dūnamiz | |
Related terms
- *daumaz
- *daunaz
Descendants
- Old Norse: dúnn
- Icelandic: dúnn
- Faroese: dún
- Norwegian: dun
- Old Swedish: dūn
- Swedish: dun
- Elfdalian: daungen
- Danish: dun
- Gutnish: däun
- Westrobothnian: dugn
- → Middle English: doun, downe
- English: down
- → Middle Low German: dūne
- → Dutch: dons
- → German: Daune
- → Saterland Frisian: Duune
- → Old French: dum, dun (see there for further descendants)